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Kind Hearts and Coronets

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.

Director

Robert Hamer

Year

Genre

Box Office

N/A

Production

Ealing Studios,J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Awards

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations.

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Louis

Edith

Sibella

The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke

Mama

The Hangman

The Prison Governor

Lionel

Crown Counsel

Lord High Steward

Mr. Perkins

Burgoyne

The Farmer

The Schoolmistress

Maud

Peggy Ann Clifford

The Girl in the Punt

The Reporter

Warder

Warder

First Lord Delivering Verdict

Peter Gawthorne

Lady Redpole

Molly Hamley-Clifford

Gamekeeper Hoskins

Leslie Handford

Sergeant-at-Arms

Peer of the Realm

Fletcher Lightfoot

Young Graham

Warder in Jail

Laurence Naismith

Clerk of Parliament

Gordon Phillott

Lawyer

Young Louis

Valuer

Defence Counsel

Young Sibella

Captain

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Sibella The D'ascoyne Family: The Duke The Hangman Prison Governor Edith Warder In Jail Louis

A difficult client can make things most distressing - Kind Hearts and Coronets

A difficult client can make things most distressing

If I may venture to say so - Kind Hearts and Coronets

If I may venture to say so

Even my lamented master - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Even my lamented master

Mama was the daughter
of the seventh duke of Chalfont - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Mama was the daughter of the seventh duke of Chalfont

They were poor, but they had
five happy and harmonious years - Kind Hearts and Coronets

They were poor, but they had five happy and harmonious years

I made an oath that I would revenge the wrongs her family had done her - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I made an oath that I would revenge the wrongs her family...

The next few years
brought many such heartbreaks, - Kind Hearts and Coronets

The next few years brought many such heartbreaks,

I decided that if I was to be a draper, - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I decided that if I was to be a draper,

Sometimes,
the births column brought bad. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Sometimes, the births column brought bad.

- Good evening, Sibella.
- Hello, Louis. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

- Good evening, Sibella. - Hello, Louis.

You can't Why not - Kind Hearts and Coronets

You can't Why not

Mama was the daughter - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Mama was the daughter

I wanted a closer view of the target at which I had determined to aim - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I wanted a closer view of the target at which I had...

It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people - Kind Hearts and Coronets

It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people

I deprecated their retiring so early, - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I deprecated their retiring so early,

The rest followed automatically. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

The rest followed automatically.

I was sorry about the girl - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I was sorry about the girl

A tragic loss serves to put lesser matters in their proper perspective - Kind Hearts and Coronets

A tragic loss serves to put lesser matters in their proper...

You're pledged to Lionel - Kind Hearts and Coronets

You're pledged to Lionel

You're a person who must dance
through life, Sibella, - Kind Hearts and Coronets

You're a person who must dance through life, Sibella,

The very honesty of your behavior would appear to me to prove them wrong - Kind Hearts and Coronets

The very honesty of your behavior would appear to me to...

Was Lord Tennyson far from the mark when he wrote - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Was Lord Tennyson far from the mark when he wrote

I don't want to marry Lionel - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I don't want to marry Lionel

Time had brought me revenge on Lionel - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Time had brought me revenge on Lionel

And as the Italian proverb says - Kind Hearts and Coronets

And as the Italian proverb says

Mr Mazzini - Kind Hearts and Coronets

And sent the fool of the family into the church - Kind Hearts and Coronets

And sent the fool of the family into the church

The last execution of a Duke in this country was very badly bungled - Kind Hearts and Coronets

The last execution of a Duke in this country was very badly...

I have decided to appoint you my private secretary - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I have decided to appoint you my private secretary

Said he wanted to improve his mind He has room to do so - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Said he wanted to improve his mind He has room to do so

In England - Kind Hearts and Coronets

The Italian men are so handsome - Kind Hearts and Coronets

The Italian men are so handsome

Louis... - Kind Hearts and Coronets

What am I doing? - Kind Hearts and Coronets

What am I doing?

What am I doing - Kind Hearts and Coronets

What am I doing

Poor little imprisoned bird - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Poor little imprisoned bird

As to the other undertaking I had not forgotten or forgiven - Kind Hearts and Coronets

As to the other undertaking I had not forgotten or forgiven

Good evening - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Any of the concomitant crudities of his period - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Any of the concomitant crudities of his period

The Reverend Lord Henry was not one of those newfangled parsons - Kind Hearts and Coronets

The Reverend Lord Henry was not one of those newfangled...

The port is with you - Kind Hearts and Coronets

The port is with you

Yes. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I surmised, correctly, as it proved, - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I surmised, correctly, as it proved,

With the inconvenient consequence
that her public appearances - Kind Hearts and Coronets

With the inconvenient consequence that her public appearance...

I shot an arrow in the air - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I shot an arrow in the air

I am now going to say
something presumptuous. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I am now going to say something presumptuous.

It is this - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I never longed for Sibella as much as when I was with Edith - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I never longed for Sibella as much as when I was with Edith

All of your cousins seem to get killed - Kind Hearts and Coronets

All of your cousins seem to get killed

What would you say if she asked you about me - Kind Hearts and Coronets

What would you say if she asked you about me

I'd say your nose was
just a little too short, - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I'd say your nose was just a little too short,

Do you not think, though,
that perhaps Uncle Ethelred, - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Do you not think, though, that perhaps Uncle Ethelred,

This was not a piece of news - Kind Hearts and Coronets

This was not a piece of news

She had no rights in the matter - Kind Hearts and Coronets

She had no rights in the matter

A day or so later I received a letter from Lionel - Kind Hearts and Coronets

A day or so later I received a letter from Lionel

If you take my advice, you'll go
and put your head under a cold tap. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

If you take my advice, you'll go and put your head unde...

There seemed no point
in prolonging this vulgar brawl - Kind Hearts and Coronets

There seemed no point in prolonging this vulgar brawl

I took a bath and decided to relax
for half an hour - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I took a bath and decided to relax for half an hour

Sibella. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

You're a clever little thing Sibella but not quite clever enough - Kind Hearts and Coronets

You're a clever little thing Sibella but not quite...

May I say that I think
you've behaved despicably? - Kind Hearts and Coronets

May I say that I think you've behaved despicably?

Would it be asking too much of your manners
to escort me to the door? - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Would it be asking too much of your manners to escort me to ...

I had suspected that to confide our secret to the Duke - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I had suspected that to confide our secret to the Duke

The next morning I went out shooting with Ethelred or rather - Kind Hearts and Coronets

The next morning I went out shooting with Ethelred or...

Hoskins is now going to thrash you - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Hoskins is now going to thrash you

Keep moving them around, Hoskins,
or they'll tell each other where they are. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Keep moving them around, Hoskins, or they'll tell each ...

Only way to deal with these ruffians,
I assure you. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Only way to deal with these ruffians, I assure you.

I want to talk to you for a minute - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I want to talk to you for a minute

From here - Kind Hearts and Coronets

A day or two later, an affecting
little feudal ceremony took place - Kind Hearts and Coronets

A day or two later, an affecting little feudal ceremony took...

Long live His Grace! - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Long live His Grace!

Pennyman, Your Grace,
from Sprockett's Farm. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Pennyman, Your Grace, from Sprockett's Farm.

Follow me, please. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Follow me, please.

Now. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I must confess to feeling
quite intrigued as to their decision. - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I must confess to feeling quite intrigued as to their decisi...

My lords, the question
for Your Lordships is this... - Kind Hearts and Coronets

My lords, the question for Your Lordships is this...

I considered it both seemly and touching that my dear wife should visit me as she did this morning - Kind Hearts and Coronets

I considered it both seemly and touching that my dear wife...

Good morning Your Grace - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Good morning Your Grace

Your Grace, - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Were t'other dear charmer away - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Were t'other dear charmer away

Your grace - Kind Hearts and Coronets

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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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Director: Robert Hamer

Writer: Roy Horniman (novel), Robert Hamer (screenplay), John Dighton (screenplay)

Production: Ealing Studios,J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Genre: comedy, drama

Year: 1949

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 14 Jun 1950

Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins & 2 nominations.

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