Kind Hearts and Coronets (1950)

  • NR
  • 06/14/1950 (US)
  • Comedy, Crime
  • 1h 44m

He chopped down the family tree...

Overview

When 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.

Roy Horniman

Novel

Robert Hamer

Director, Screenplay

John Dighton

Screenplay

Nancy Mitford

Screenplay

Cast

Dennis Price's headshot

Dennis Price

Louis Mazzini / His Father
Alec Guinness's headshot

Alec Guinness

The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Joan Greenwood's headshot

Joan Greenwood

Sibella
Valerie Hobson's headshot

Valerie Hobson

Edith D'Ascoyne
Audrey Fildes's headshot

Audrey Fildes

Mama
Miles Malleson's headshot

Miles Malleson

The Hangman
Clive Morton's headshot

Clive Morton

The Prison Governor
John Penrose's headshot

John Penrose

Lionel Holland

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