Kind Hearts and Coronets
Year:
1949
Production Country:
Great Britain
Period comedy. In Edwardian times Louis Mazzini, the poor relation of a noble family, vows vengeance on them for the treatment of his mother. He murders the eight heirs who stand between him and the Dukedom. He marries the widow of one of his victims, but his former lover successfully accuses him of a murder he did not commit. A last minute reprieve is spoiled by his having left his memoirs in prison.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Louis Mazzini/Louis' father Dennis Price
- Edith D'Ascoyne Valerie Hobson
- Sibella Holland Joan Greenwood
- Ethelred D'Ascoyne, Duke of Chalfont Alec Guinness
- Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne, the banker Alec Guinness
- Rev Lord Henry D'Ascoyne, the parson Alec Guinness
- General Rufus D'Ascoyne Alec Guinness
- Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne Alec Guinness
- young Ascoyne D'Ascoyne Alec Guinness
- young Henry D'Ascoyne Alec Guinness
- Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne Alec Guinness
- Mrs Mazzini, mama Audrey Fildes
- Mr Elliott, the hangman Miles Malleson
- colonel, the prison governor Clive Morton
- crown counsel Cecil Ramage
- Lionel Holland John Penrose
- Lord High Steward Hugh Griffith
- Mr Perkins John Salew
- Inspector Burgoyne Eric Messiter
- the farmer Lyn Evans
- Miss Waterman, the schoolmistress Barbara Leake
- Maud Redpole Peggy Ann Clifford
- Clothilde, the girl in the punt Anne Valery
- Titbits reporter Arthur Lowe
- [1st warder] Laurence Naismith
- [6th warder] Maxwell Foster
- [5th warder] Stanley Beard
- [Louis as a child] Jeremy Spenser
- [Lionel as a child] David Preston
- [Sibella as a child] Carol White
- [Graham as a child] Cavan Malone
- [Dr Hallward] Ian Collins
- [captain] Harold Young
- [Lady Redpole] Molly Hamley-Clifford
- [Hoskins, gamekeeper] Leslie Handford
- [clerk of parliament] Gordon Phillott
- [Louis' counsel] Richard Wattis
- [2nd peer] Peter Gawthorne
- [1st peer] Fletcher Lightfoot
- [valuer] Ivan Staff
- [sergeant-at-arms] Nicholas Hill
- [.] Anthony Adam
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Robert Hamer
- Assistant Director Norman Priggen
- [Assistant Director (2nd)] David W. Orton
- [Assistant Director (3rd)] John Hewlett
- Continuity Phyllis Crocker
- [Assistant Continuity] Susan Carbutt
Production
- Production Company Ealing Studios
- Produced by Michael Balcon
- Associate Producer Michael Relph
- Unit Production Manager Leigh Aman
- Production Supervisor Hal Mason
- Made at Ealing Studios
Casting
- [Casting] Robert Ould
- Crowd Casting Muriel Cole
Writing
- Screenplay by Robert Hamer
- Screenplay by John Dighton
- Based on a novel by Roy Horniman
Photography
- Director of Photography Douglas Slocombe
- Camera Operator Jeff Seaholme
- [Focus Puller] Paul Wilson
- [Focus Puller] Hugh Wilson
- [Clapper Loader] P. Pollock
Stills
- [Stills Supervisor] Jack Dooley
- [Stills] Bob Penn
Special Effects
- Special Effects Syd Pearson
- Special Effects Geoffrey Dickinson
Editing
- Editor Peter Tanner
- [Assembly Cutter] Seth Holt
- [Assistant Editor (2nd)] Roy Baker
- [Assistant Editor (2nd)] John Jympson
Design
- Art Director William Kellner
- [Assistant Art Director] Bert Davey
- [Draughtsman] V. Shaw
- [Draughtsman] Jack Shampan
- [Draughtsman] Norman Dorme
- [Draughtsman] G. Bryan-brown
- [Draughtsman] R. Hopkin
- [Draughtsman] R. Thurgarland
Costumes
- Costume Designer Anthony Mendleson
- [Wardrobe Master] Ben Foster
- [Wardrobe Mistress] Edith Crutchley
Make-up
- Make-up Ernest Taylor
- Make-up Harry Frampton
- Hair Styles Barbara Barnard
- Hair Styles Pearl Gardner
- [Assistant Hairdresser] Daphne Martin
Music
- Music Performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra
- [Music] Conductor Ernest Irving
Sound
- Sound Supervisor Stephen Dalby
- [Sound] Recordist John Mitchell
- [Boom Operator] A. Steadman
- [Assistant Boom] Pat Wheeler
- [Dubbing Editor] Gordon Stone
Publicity
- [Publicity] Pat O'connor
- [Publicity] John Newnham