Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
Crime/Comedy · 1h 46m · 2/3/2009
Description
Following his mother's death, Edwardian gentleman Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) plots to avenge her by seizing the dukedom of the aristocratic d'Ascoyne family. To gain this inheritance, Louis must first murder a line of eccentric heirs to the title - all played brilliantly by Alec Guinness - in this delightful comedy named the Sixth Best British Film of All Time by the British Film Institute.
Release Country
United StatesRelease Date
2/3/2009Media Type
MovieAudio
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French | |
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Studio
Eagle-Lion Films/Ealing Studios/Studio Canal/Lions Gate FilmsVideo Format
NTSCAspect Ratio
1.33:1Discs
Streaming Rank Today
Alec Guinness Collection 5-Film Collection
Dennis Price
Louis Mazzini
Valerie Hobson
Edith D'Ascoyne
Joan Greenwood
Sibella Holland
Alec Guinness
The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Audrey Fildes
Mama Mazzini
Miles Malleson
Mr. Elliott - the Hangman
Clive Morton
The Prison Governor ColonelJohn Penrose
Lionel HollandCecil Ramage
Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith
Lord High Steward
John Salew
Mr. PerkinsEric Messiter
Inspector BurgoyneLyn Evans
The Farmer
Barbara Leake
Miss Waterman - the SchoolmistressPeggy Ann Clifford
Maud RedpoleAnne Valery
Clothilde - the Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe
The Titbits ReporterStanley Beard
Warder (uncredited)Maxwell Foster
Warder (uncredited)
Peter Gawthorne
First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)Molly Hamley-Clifford
Lady Redpole (uncredited)Leslie Handford
Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
Nicholas Hill
Sergeant-at-Arms (uncredited)Fletcher Lightfoot
Peer of the Realm (uncredited)Cavan Malone
Young Graham (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
Warder in Jail (uncredited)Gordon Phillott
Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)
Jeremy Spenser
Young Louis (uncredited)Ivan Staff
Valuer (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
Defence Counsel (uncredited)
Carol White
Young Sibella (uncredited)Harold Young
Captain (uncredited)
Robert Hamer
DirectorRoy Horniman
WriterRobert Hamer
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Kind Hearts and Coronets
(4K Ultra HD, Keep Case (HD, Low))
11/25/2025
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(Blu-ray, Keep Case (HD Slim, Low))
9/3/2019
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(DVD)
9/10/2002
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(DVD)
9/3/2019
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(DVD, Keep Case (Std.))
2/28/2006
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(DVD)
9/10/2002
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(DVD)
9/10/2002
Kind Hearts and Coronets
(DVD)
9/10/2002
