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Film / 1949
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Directed by
Robert Hamer
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.
The story
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 PriceLouis Mazzini / His Father
Alec GuinnessThe D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne
Joan GreenwoodSibella
Valerie HobsonEdith D'Ascoyne
Audrey FildesMama
Miles MallesonThe Hangman
Clive MortonThe Prison Governor
John PenroseLionel Holland
Cecil RamageCrown Counsel
Hugh GriffithLord High Steward
John SalewMr. Perkins
Eric MessiterInspector Burgoyne
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Lyn EvansThe Farmer
Barbara LeakeThe Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann CliffordMaud Redpole
Anne ValeryThe Girl in the Punt
Arthur LoweThe Reporter
Peter GawthorneFirst Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
Molly Hamley-CliffordLady Redpole (uncredited)
Leslie HandfordGamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
Cavan MaloneYoung Graham (uncredited)
Jeremy SpenserYoung Louis (uncredited)
Carol WhiteYoung Sibella (uncredited)
Laurence NaismithWarder in Jail (uncredited)
Gordon PhillottClerk of Parliament (uncredited)
Richard WattisDefence Counsel (uncredited)
Harold YoungCaptain (uncredited)
Stanley BeardWarder (uncredited)
Norman FisherMember of D'Ascoyne Household (uncredited)
Maxwell FosterWarder (uncredited)
Fletcher LightfootPeer of the Realm (uncredited)
Harry PhippsLawyer (uncredited)
Miles SilvertonLord (uncredited)
Ivan StaffValuer (uncredited)
George WilsonLord (uncredited)
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