Kind Hearts and Coronets

He chopped down the family tree...

Duration: 104 min

Release date: 1949-06-21

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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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as Louis Mazzini / His Father

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

as Edith D'Ascoyne

as The Prison Governor

as Lionel Holland

as Crown Counsel

as Lord High Steward

as Inspector Burgoyne

as The Schoolmistress

Peggy Ann Clifford

Peggy Ann Clifford

as Maud Redpole

as The Girl in the Punt

as The Reporter

Peter Gawthorne

Peter Gawthorne

as First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)

Molly Hamley-Clifford

Molly Hamley-Clifford

as Lady Redpole (uncredited)

Leslie Handford

Leslie Handford

as Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)

as Young Graham (uncredited)

as Young Louis (uncredited)

as Young Sibella (uncredited)

Laurence Naismith

Laurence Naismith

as Warder in Jail (uncredited)

Gordon Phillott

Gordon Phillott

as Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)

as Defence Counsel (uncredited)

as Captain (uncredited)

as Warder (uncredited)

as Member of D'Ascoyne Household (uncredited)

as Warder (uncredited)

Fletcher Lightfoot

Fletcher Lightfoot

as Peer of the Realm (uncredited)

as Lawyer (uncredited)

Miles Silverton

Miles Silverton

as Lord (uncredited)

as Valuer (uncredited)

as Lord (uncredited)

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Original Music Composer

Douglas Slocombe

Douglas Slocombe

Director of Photography

William Kellner

William Kellner

Associate Producer

Special Effects

Barbara Barnard

Barbara Barnard

Camera Operator

Production Supervisor

Assistant Editor

Unit Production Manager

Assistant Art Director

Assistant Editor

Editorial Services

Anthony Mendleson

Anthony Mendleson

Assistant Director

Geoffrey Dickinson

Geoffrey Dickinson

Special Effects

Phyllis Crocker

Phyllis Crocker

John W. Mitchell

John W. Mitchell

Sound Recordist

Additional Writing

Margaret Harper Nelson

Margaret Harper Nelson

Casting Director

Assistant Hairstylist

Third Assistant Director

Second Assistant Director

Grace Bryan-Brown

Grace Bryan-Brown

Assistant Sound Editor

Still Photographer

Assistant Camera

Still Photographer

Edith Crutchley

Edith Crutchley

Wardrobe Master

Wardrobe Master

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