Kind Hearts and Coronets

Name: Kind Hearts and Coronets
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1949-06-23
Cast: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Audrey Fildes

Released

June 23, 1949

Runtime: 1h 44m

EnglishComedyCrime

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.

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Cast & Crew

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
John Salew
Mr. Perkins
EM
Eric Messiter
Inspector Burgoyne
LE
Lyn Evans
The Farmer
BL
Barbara Leake
The Schoolmistress
PC
Peggy Ann Clifford
Maud Redpole
AV
Anne Valery
The Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe
The Reporter
Peter Gawthorne
First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
Crew
Robert Hamer
Director
Robert Hamer
Screenplay
JD
John Dighton
Screenplay