Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
He chopped down the family tree...
1949 · NR · 1h 44m · Comedy, Crime
Genres: Comedy, Crime
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…
Director: Robert Hamer
Writers: Roy Horniman, Robert Hamer, John Dighton
Music by: Ernest Irving
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Editor: Peter Tanner
Rated 7.6/10 by 618 viewers
Cast
Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini / His FatherAlec Guinness as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady AgathaJoan Greenwood as SibellaValerie Hobson as Edith D'AscoyneAudrey Fildes as MamaMiles Malleson as The HangmanClive Morton as The Prison GovernorJohn Penrose as Lionel HollandCecil Ramage as Crown CounselHugh Griffith as Lord High StewardJohn Salew as Mr. PerkinsEric Messiter as Inspector BurgoyneMore like this
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