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76% Critic Match
Kind Hearts and Coronets
“He chopped down the family tree...”
7.6 / 10• 1949• 1h 44m•NR• English
ComedyCrime
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Dennis Price
Louis Mazzini / His Father
Lead
Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Joan Greenwood
Sibella
Valerie Hobson
Edith D'Ascoyne
Audrey Fildes
Mama
Miles Malleson
The Hangman
Clive Morton
The Prison Governor
John Penrose
Lionel Holland
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Hamer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Kind Hearts and Coronets is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
