Kind Hearts and Coronets Movie Review 1949

Black comedy, set in 1900, in which ambitious young Louis (Price) sets out to bump off eight relatives in an effort to claim a family title. Guinness is wonderful in his role as all eight (male and female) of the fated relations. There are a number of clever twists and turns and it proves that writing one's memoirs can be fatal. Very loosely based on Roy Horiman's novel "Israel Rank."

Distribution

Home Vision Cinema, c/o Image Entertainment, 20525 Nordhoff St., Ste. 200, Chatsworth, CA 91311, URL: http://www.homevision.com

Available on VHS
Running time 104 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Royalty, Scams, Stings & Cons, Family Ties

Screenplay

Robert Hamer, John Dighton

Cast

Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Audrey Fildes, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton, Cecil Ramage, John Penrose, Hugh Griffith, John Salew, Eric Messiter, Anne Valery, Arthur Lowe, Jeremy Spenser

Cinematography

Douglas Slocombe

Director

Robert Hamer

Music

Ernest Irving

Producer

J. Arthur Rank