Kind Hearts and Coronets
(1949)
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.
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Top Billed Cast
Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
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Reviews
Nutshell
May 24, 2020
This is hands down my favorite Ealing Studios comedy, as I'm sure it is for many others.
A most exquisite and brilliantly dark comic showcase, most especially for Dennis Price who
is outstanding here in the lead role of Louis, and for some young actor named Alec Guinness
who plays a whopping 8 roles in this film! In those early days the young Mr. Guinness was
constantly challenging both himself, and his directors, in order to prove his capabi…
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 8/10July 9, 2022
The best, I think, of the Ealing Comedies features a wonderful Dennis Price as the hard-done-by aristocrat who sets out to exact the most spectacular series of acts of vengeance on those whom he blames for the plights of his childhood. Alec Guinness plays the entire (somewhat doomed) "D'Ascoyne" family outstandingly (especially, I thought, the vicar) and both Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood complete this excellent casting of this very enjoyable… read the rest.
Juno78
⭐ 4/10September 19, 2024
For everything that I'd heard about this film, I was left underwhelmed. I'd always heard that Alec Guinness was superb, playing multiple characters, but most of them were on screen for just a moment. Yes, the makeup artist did a good job making them all visually distinct, but only a couple really have a role to play in the story. There is one shot, clever for the time, which brings them all "together" which you can admire on a technical level. It… read the rest.
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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