Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
He chopped down the family tree...
Synopsis
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
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Dennis Price
as Louis Mazzini / His Father
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Alec Guinness
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
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Joan Greenwood
as Sibella
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Valerie Hobson
as Edith D'Ascoyne
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Audrey Fildes
as Mama
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Miles Malleson
as The Hangman
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Clive Morton
as The Prison Governor
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John Penrose
as Lionel Holland
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Cecil Ramage
as Crown Counsel
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Hugh Griffith
as Lord High Steward
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John Salew
as Mr. Perkins
- Eric Messiter as Inspector Burgoyne
- Lyn Evans as The Farmer
- Barbara Leake as The Schoolmistress
- Peggy Ann Clifford as Maud Redpole
- Anne Valery as The Girl in the Punt
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Arthur Lowe
as The Reporter
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Peter Gawthorne
as First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
Crew
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Robert Hamer
Director
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Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
- Peter Tanner Editor
- Ernest Irving Original Music Composer
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Michael Balcon
Producer
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Robert Hamer
Screenplay
- John Dighton Screenplay
