Kind Hearts and Coronets

Synopsis

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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When & where

Streaming on

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Top of the call sheet

• 
  Dennis Price
  as Louis Mazzini / His Father
• 
  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

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