Kind Hearts and Coronets
He chopped down the family tree...
104 mins
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.
Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Eric Messiter
Inspector Burgoyne
Barbara Leake
The Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann Clifford
Maud Redpole
Anne Valery
The Girl in the Punt
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Lady Redpole (uncredited)
Leslie Handford
Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
Cavan Malone
Young Graham (uncredited)
Gordon Phillott
Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)
Harold Young
Captain (uncredited)
Roy Horniman
Novel
Ernest Irving
Original Music Composer
Peter Tanner
Editor
John Dighton
Screenplay
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
William Kellner
Art Direction
Ernest Taylor
Makeup Artist
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Barbara Barnard
Hairstylist
Pearl Orton
Hairstylist
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
Jeff Seaholme
Camera Operator
Nancy Mitford
Screenplay
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Roy Baker
Assistant Editor
Leigh Aman
Unit Production Manager
Bert Davey
Assistant Art Director
Daphne Martin
Hairstylist
John Jympson
Assistant Editor
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Design
Norman Priggen
Assistant Director
Ernest Irving
Conductor
Geoffrey Dickinson
Special Effects
Stephen Dalby
Sound Director
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist