Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

NR 104 minutes EN Comedy , Crime
He chopped down the family tree...
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.
Ernest Irving
Original Music Composer
Peter Tanner
Editor
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
William Kellner
Art Direction

Cast

Dennis Price
Louis Mazzini / His Father
Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The
Valerie Hobson
Edith D'Ascoyne
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
Eric Messiter
Inspector Burgoyne
Lyn Evans
The Farmer
Barbara Leake
The Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann Clifford
Maud Redpole
Anne Valery
The Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe
The Reporter
Peter Gawthorne
First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Lady Redpole (uncredited)
Leslie Handford
Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
Cavan Malone
Young Graham (uncredited)
Jeremy Spenser
Young Louis (uncredited)
Carol White
Young Sibella (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
Warder in Jail (uncredited)

Crew

Ernest Irving
Original Music Composer
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
William Kellner
Art Direction
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
Barbara Barnard
Hairstylist
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Design
Roy Baker
Assistant Editor
Jeff Seaholme
Camera Operator
Pearl Orton
Hairstylist
Robert Hamer
Director
Michael Balcon
Producer
John Dighton
Screenplay
Nancy Mitford
Screenplay