Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Comedy, Crime • PT1H44M

Kind Hearts and Coronets

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.

Director: Robert Hamer

Top 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

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