Kind Hearts and Coronets
Illegitimate Louis studies the gentle art of murder…
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With dazzling wordplay and unforgettable turns from Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood and Alec Guinness, Robert Hamer’s satire on English aristocratic manners revels in familial deceptions, injustice and hatred.
Family ties and class concerns have conspired to keep the illegitimate Louis out of the illustrious d'Ascoyne dynasty, so to secure the rich heritage he feels is his due, he studies the gentle art of murder... With dazzling wordplay and unforgettable turns from Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood and Alec Guinness, Hamer's satire on English aristocratic manners revels in familial deceptions, injustice and hatred.
- Directed by:
- Robert Hamer
- Country:
- UK
- Year:
- 1949
- Running time:
- 106min
- Certificate:
- U