Kind Hearts and Coronets

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.

Discover

Dennis Price

Louis Mazzini / His Father

Alec Guinness

The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

Valerie Hobson

Edith D'Ascoyne

Miles Malleson

The Hangman

Clive Morton

The Prison Governor

John Penrose

Lionel Holland

Cecil Ramage

Crown Counsel

Hugh Griffith

Lord High Steward

John Salew

Mr. Perkins

Eric Messiter

Inspector Burgoyne

Lyn Evans

The Farmer

Barbara Leake

The Schoolmistress

Peggy Ann Clifford

Maud Redpole

Anne Valery

The Girl in the Punt

Arthur Lowe

The Reporter

Peter Gawthorne

First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)

Molly Hamley-Clifford

Lady Redpole (uncredited)

Leslie Handford

Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)

Cavan Malone

Young Graham (uncredited)

Jeremy Spenser

Young Louis (uncredited)

Carol White

Young Sibella (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith

Warder in Jail (uncredited)

Gordon Phillott

Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)

Richard Wattis

Defence Counsel (uncredited)

Harold Young

Captain (uncredited)

Art

William Kellner

Art Direction

Bert Davey

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Jeff Seaholme

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Ernest Taylor

Makeup Artist

Barbara Barnard

Hairstylist

Pearl Orton

Hairstylist

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Daphne Martin

Hairstylist

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Design

Crew

Sydney Pearson

Special Effects

Geoffrey Dickinson

Special Effects

Directing

Robert Hamer

Director

Norman Priggen

Assistant Director

Phyllis Crocker

Continuity

Editing

Roy Baker

Assistant Editor

John Jympson

Assistant Editor

Seth Holt

Editorial Services

Production

Michael Balcon

Producer

Michael Relph

Associate Producer

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

Leigh Aman

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Ernest Irving

Original Music Composer

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Stephen Dalby

Sound Director

John W. Mitchell

Sound Recordist

Writing

Robert Hamer

Screenplay

John Dighton

Screenplay

Nancy Mitford

Screenplay

Art

William Kellner

Art Direction

Bert Davey

Assistant Art Director

Camera

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

Jeff Seaholme

Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

Ernest Taylor

Makeup Artist

Barbara Barnard

Hairstylist

Pearl Orton

Hairstylist

Harry Frampton

Makeup Artist

Daphne Martin

Hairstylist

Anthony Mendleson

Costume Design

Crew

Sydney Pearson

Special Effects

Geoffrey Dickinson

Special Effects

Directing

Robert Hamer

Director

Norman Priggen

Assistant Director

Phyllis Crocker

Continuity

Editing

Roy Baker

Assistant Editor

John Jympson

Assistant Editor

Seth Holt

Editorial Services

Production

Michael Balcon

Producer

Michael Relph

Associate Producer

Hal Mason

Production Supervisor

Leigh Aman

Unit Production Manager

Sound

Ernest Irving

Original Music Composer

Ernest Irving

Conductor

Stephen Dalby

Sound Director

John W. Mitchell

Sound Recordist

Writing

Robert Hamer

Screenplay

John Dighton

Screenplay

Nancy Mitford

Screenplay