Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · directed by Robert Hamer
- Rating
- 87/100
- Hit
- yes
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.
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), directed by Robert Hamer, rates 87/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Dennis Price
- Alec Guinness
- Joan Greenwood
- Valerie Hobson
- Audrey Fildes
- Miles Malleson
- Clive Morton
- John Penrose
- Cecil Ramage
- Hugh Griffith
Crew
- Douglas Slocombe — Director of Photography
- Peter Tanner — Editor
- Ernest Irving — Original Music Composer
- John Dighton — Screenplay
- Robert Hamer — Screenplay
More from Robert Hamer
- School for Scoundrels (1960) — 83/100 · hit
- Dead of Night (1945) — 82/100 · hit
- It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) — 77/100
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