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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

1949 · Feature film · 101 min · dir. Robert Hamer

He chopped down the family tree...

  • Comedy
  • Crime

Synopsis

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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Details

Director
Robert Hamer
Writer
Roy Horniman
Composer
Ernest Irving
Cinematography
Douglas Slocombe
Studio
Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Michael Balcon Productions
Released
1949-06-23
Running time
101 minutes

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