Kind Hearts and Coronets
movie
He chopped down the family tree...
Released June 21, 1949
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.
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
as
The Hangman
Clive Morton
as
The Prison Governor
John Penrose
as
Lionel Holland
Cecil Ramage
as
Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith
as
Lord High Steward
John Salew
as
Mr. Perkins
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Eric Messiter
as
Inspector Burgoyne
Crew
Michael Balcon
as
Producer
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Roy Horniman
as
Novel
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Peter Tanner
as
Editor
Douglas Slocombe
as
Director of Photography
Robert Hamer
as
Director
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Ernest Irving
as
Original Music Composer
Robert Hamer
as
Screenplay
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John Dighton
as
Screenplay
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Hal Mason
as
Production Supervisor
Michael Relph
as
Associate Producer
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Leigh Aman
as
Unit Production Manager
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John Jympson
as
Assistant Editor