FILM · Comedy

Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949 · 1h 46m · ★ 7.6 · PG

A disinherited draper’s son murders his way through the eight relatives between him and a dukedom — all of them played by Alec Guinness. The wittiest, most elegantly amoral comedy Ealing ever made, narrated from the condemned cell with perfect manners.

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Cast & Crew

Dennis Price

Louis Mazzini / His Father

2 films

Alec Guinness

The D'Ascoyne Family

4 films

Joan Greenwood

as Sibella

Valerie Hobson

as Edith D'Ascoyne

Audrey Fildes

as Mama

Details

Director: Robert Hamer
Cast: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood
Genre: Comedy
Release: 1949
Country: UK
Language: English
Runtime: 1h 46m