Watch NowKind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
U
21/06/1949 (GB)
Comedy, Crime
1h 44m
- 77% (558 votes)
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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.
- Robert HamerDirector, Screenplay
- John DightonScreenplay
- Nancy MitfordScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- prison
- jealousy
- based on novel or book
- italian
- poison
- widow
- gallows
- dark comedy
- hot air balloon
- duke
- relatives
- singer
- black and white
- series of murders
- heir
- dysfunctional relationship
- edwardian england
- 1900s
- understated
- absurd
Top Billed Cast
Dennis Price
Louis Mazzini / His Father
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
Cecil Ramage
Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith
Lord High Steward
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