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Kind Hearts and Coronets

He chopped down the family tree...

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.

19491h 44mNRComedy, Crime

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About Kind Hearts and Coronets

Directors
Robert Hamer
Cast
Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Audrey Fildes, Miles Malleson
Genres
Comedy, Crime
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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