Kind Hearts and Coronets(1949)

Name: Kind Hearts and Coronets
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1949-06-23
Rating: 7.6

He chopped down the family tree...

7.6(612)1h 44m1949-06-23

ComedyCrime

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.

Director:: Robert Hamer
Writers:: Roy Horniman, Robert Hamer, John Dighton
Producers:: Michael Balcon
Cinematographer:: Douglas Slocombe
Composer:: Ernest Irving
Production:: Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Michael Balcon Productions
Status:: Released