Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Kind Hearts and Coronets
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1949
1h 44m
7.6(577 votes)
Comedy
Crime

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.

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Ealing Studios

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Cast & Crew

27 members
Acting

Dennis Price

Louis Mazzini / His Father

Dennis Price
Acting

Alec Guinness

The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

Alec Guinness
Acting

Joan Greenwood

Sibella

Joan Greenwood
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Valerie Hobson

Edith D'Ascoyne

Valerie Hobson
Acting

Audrey Fildes

Mama

Audrey Fildes
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Miles Malleson

The Hangman

Miles Malleson
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Clive Morton

The Prison Governor

Clive Morton
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John Penrose

Lionel Holland

John Penrose
Acting

Cecil Ramage

Crown Counsel

Cecil Ramage
Acting

Hugh Griffith

Lord High Steward

Hugh Griffith
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John Salew

Mr. Perkins

John Salew
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Eric Messiter

Inspector Burgoyne

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Lyn Evans

The Farmer

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Barbara Leake

The Schoolmistress

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Peggy Ann Clifford

Maud Redpole

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Anne Valery

The Girl in the Punt

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Arthur Lowe

The Reporter

Arthur Lowe
Acting

Peter Gawthorne

First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)

Peter Gawthorne
Acting

Molly Hamley-Clifford

Lady Redpole (uncredited)

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Leslie Handford

Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)

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Cavan Malone

Young Graham (uncredited)

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Jeremy Spenser

Young Louis (uncredited)

Jeremy Spenser
Acting

Carol White

Young Sibella (uncredited)

Carol White
Acting

Laurence Naismith

Warder in Jail (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith
Acting

Gordon Phillott

Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)

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Richard Wattis

Defence Counsel (uncredited)

Richard Wattis
Directing

Harold Young

Captain (uncredited)

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