Kind Hearts and Coronets
A disowned heir schemes to murder the eight relatives standing between him and a coveted dukedom, only to have his ruthless ambition clash with love and an increasingly dangerous cat‑and‑mouse pursuit.
“He chopped down the family tree...”
Synopsis
After his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was disowned by her aristocratic family. When the family refuses to allow her to be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis seeks revenge for her death by attempting to murder each family member standing between him and the family fortune. However, his plans unravel as he becomes emotionally divided between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims.
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Edited by Peter TannerShot by Douglas Slocombe
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Also known as
- Adel verpflichtetde
- Kind Hearts & Coronetsen
- Ocho sentencias de muertees
- Noblesse obligefr
- Sangue bluit
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Cast & Crew
41 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Dennis Price
as Louis
Alec Guinness
as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Joan Greenwood
as Sibella
Valerie Hobson
as Edith D'Ascoyne
Audrey Fildes
as Mama
Miles Malleson
as The Hangman
Clive Morton
as The Prison Governor
John Penrose
as Lionel Holland
Cecil Ramage
as Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith
as Lord High Steward
John Salew
as Mr. Perkins
Eric Messiter
as Inspector Burgoyne
Supporting cast
23Lyn Evans
as The Farmer
Barbara Leake
as The Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann Clifford
as Maud Redpole
Anne Valery
as The Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe
as The Reporter
Peter Gawthorne
as First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
Molly Hamley Clifford
as Lady Redpole (uncredited)
Leslie Handford
as Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
Cavan Malone
as Young Graham (uncredited)
Jeremy Spenser
as Young Louis (uncredited)
Carol White
as Young Sibella (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
as Warder in Jail (uncredited)
Gordon Phillott
as Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
as Defence Counsel (uncredited)
Harold Young
as Captain (uncredited)
Stanley Beard
as Warder (uncredited)
Norman Fisher
as Member of D'Ascoyne Household (uncredited)
Maxwell Foster
as Warder (uncredited)
Fletcher Lightfoot
as Peer of the Realm (uncredited)
Harry Phipps
as Lawyer (uncredited)
Miles Silverton
as Lord (uncredited)
Ivan Staff
as Valuer (uncredited)
George Wilson
as Lord (uncredited)
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1947
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1948
A Run for Your Money
1949
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1949
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1950
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1951
His Excellency
1952
The Titfield Thunderbolt
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
1953
The Love Lottery
1954
- The Maggie
The Maggie
1954
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1955
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1956
- Barnacle Bill
Barnacle Bill
1957
Davy
1958
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