Kind Hearts and Coronets
(1949)

He chopped down the family tree...

Released: 1949-06-21

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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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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

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Eric Messiter

as Inspector Burgoyne

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Lyn Evans

as The Farmer

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Barbara Leake

as The Schoolmistress

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Peggy Ann Clifford

as Maud Redpole

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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)

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Molly Hamley-Clifford

as Lady Redpole (uncredited)

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Leslie Handford

as Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)

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Ernest Irving

Original Music Composer

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Roy Horniman

Novel

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John Dighton

Screenplay

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Peter Tanner

Editor

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Michael Balcon

Producer

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Robert Hamer

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Robert Hamer

Director

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Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

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William Kellner

Art Direction

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Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

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Barbara Barnard

Hairstylist

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Nancy Mitford

Screenplay

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Anthony Mendleson

Costume Design

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Roy Baker

Assistant Editor

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Jeff Seaholme

Camera Operator

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Pearl Orton

Hairstylist

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Daphne Martin

Hairstylist

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Leigh Aman

Unit Production Manager

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Michael Relph

Associate Producer

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Norman Priggen

Assistant Director

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