Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 film directed by Robert Hamer
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7.6When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.
Released: 1949-06-21104 minDir: Robert HamerComedy, Crime
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Cast
- Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini / His Father
- Alec Guinness as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
- Joan Greenwood as Sibella
- Valerie Hobson as Edith D'Ascoyne
- Audrey Fildes as Mama
- Miles Malleson
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1940s crime comedy films1949 black comedy films1949 British films1949 English-language films1949 filmsBritish black-and-white filmsBritish black comedy filmsEaling Studios filmsEnglish-language black comedy filmsFilms about inheritancesFilms about murderFilms about nobilityFilms based on British novels