Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British crime black comedy film directed by Robert Hamer. It features Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson and Alec Guinness; Guinness plays eight characters. The plot is loosely based on the novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal (1907) by Roy Horniman. It concerns Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini, the son of a woman disowned by her aristocratic family for marrying out of her social class. After her death, a vengeful Louis decides to take the family's dukedom by murdering the eight people ahead of him in the line of succession to the title.
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Directed by Robert Hamer
Genres - Comedy, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Black Comedy Film |
Release Date - Jun 21, 1949 |
Run Time - 106 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Movie Info
Box Office
$145,583
Tags
Black Comedy, British, Coronets, Cult, Duke, Edwardian England, Gallows, Heir, Hot Air Balloon, Jealousy, Poison, Prison, Revenge, Singer, Widow
Attributes
Based On: Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal
Filming Location: Ealing Studios
Narrative Location: England, London
Subject: high society, mate choice, opportunism, revenge, upper class
Time Period: Edwardian era
Filming Location: Ealing Studios
Narrative Location: England, London
Subject: high society, mate choice, opportunism, revenge, upper class
Time Period: Edwardian era
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