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Kind Hearts and Coronets

He chopped down the family tree...

7.6/ 1019491h 44mNR

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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.

Directed by Robert Hamer

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Dennis Price

Dennis Price

Louis Mazzini / His Father

Alec Guinness

Alec Guinness

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

Joan Greenwood

Joan Greenwood

Sibella

Valerie Hobson

Valerie Hobson

Edith D'Ascoyne

Audrey Fildes

Audrey Fildes

Mama

Miles Malleson

Miles Malleson

The Hangman

Clive Morton

Clive Morton

The Prison Governor

John Penrose

John Penrose

Lionel Holland