Film · Crime, Comedy
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
He chopped down the family tree...
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.
- Director
- Robert Hamer
- Writers
- Roy Horniman, John Dighton, Robert Hamer
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- June 23, 1949
Cast
Dennis PriceLouis Mazzini / His Father
Alec GuinnessThe D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
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
- 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)
