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He chopped down the family tree... - Kind Hearts and Coronets
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Title: Kind Hearts and Coronets

Release Date: 21 Jun 1949

Runtime: 1h 44m

Genre: Comedy, Crime

Director: Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Production Companies: Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

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 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.7 (546 votes)

Cast

  • Louis Mazzini / His Father: Dennis Price
  • The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha: Alec Guinness
  • Sibella: Joan Greenwood
  • Edith D'Ascoyne: Valerie Hobson
  • Mama: Audrey Fildes
  • The Hangman: Miles Malleson
  • The Prison Governor: Clive Morton
  • Lionel Holland: John Penrose
  • Crown Counsel: Cecil Ramage
  • Lord High Steward: Hugh Griffith
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