Kind Hearts and Coronets
June 21, 1949
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...More
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 and crew
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Robert Hamer
Director
Dennis Price
Louis Mazzini
AG
Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke
Joan Greenwood
Sibella
Valerie Hobson
Edith D'Ascoyne
Audrey Fildes
Mama
Miles Malleson
The Hangman
Clive Morton
The Prison Governor
John Penrose
Lionel Holland
Cecil Ramage
Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith
Lord High Steward
John Salew
Mr. Perkins
EM
Eric Messiter
Inspector Burgoyne
Lyn Evans
The Farmer
BL
Barbara Leake
The Schoolmistress
PAC
Peggy Ann Clifford
Maud Redpole
AV
Anne Valery
The Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe
The Reporter
Peter Gawthorne
First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
MH
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Lady Redpole (uncredited)
LH
Leslie Handford
Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
CM
Cavan Malone
Young Graham (uncredited)
Jeremy Spenser
Young Louis (uncredited)
Carol White
Young Sibella (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
Warder in Jail (uncredited)
GP
Gordon Phillott
Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
Defence Counsel (uncredited)
HY
Harold Young
Captain (uncredited)