Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
"He chopped down the family tree..."
Critics Score
🎬 100%
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Cast
Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini / His Father
Alec Guinness as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha · 80% avg
Joan Greenwood as Sibella
Valerie Hobson as Edith D'Ascoyne
Audrey Fildes as Mama
Clive Morton as The Prison Governor
John Penrose as Lionel Holland
Is Kind Hearts and Coronets good?
Yes. 88% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics gave it 100%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
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. Wikipedia ↗
