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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
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Release Date:
14 June 1950 (USA)
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Tagline:
He chopped down the family tree... more
Plot:
A distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession. full summary | full synopsis
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Duke
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Widow
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Family Tree
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Hanging
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Social Differences
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 1 win
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1 nomination
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(15 articles)
Payback is making a comeback
(From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 4:15 PM, PST)
Kind Hearts and Coronets: from 'antisemitic' novel to classic film
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 5:52 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 4:15 PM, PST)
Kind Hearts and Coronets: from 'antisemitic' novel to classic film
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 November 2009, 5:52 AM, PST)
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Brilliantly fun, dark humour and satire
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dennis Price | ... | Louis |
| Valerie Hobson | ... | Edith |
| Joan Greenwood | ... | Sibella |
 | Alec Guinness | ... | The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha |
| Audrey Fildes | ... | Mama |
| Miles Malleson | ... | The Hangman |
| Clive Morton | ... | The Prison Governor |
| John Penrose | ... | Lionel |
| Cecil Ramage | ... | Crown Counsel |
| Hugh Griffith | ... | Lord High Steward |
| John Salew | ... | Mr. Perkins |
| Eric Messiter | ... | Burgoyne |
| Lyn Evans | ... | The Farmer |
| Barbara Leake | ... | The Schoolmistress |
| Peggy Ann Clifford | ... | Maud |
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106 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Iceland:L |
USA:Approved (PCA #13442) |
Finland:K-16 |
UK:U (video rating) |
UK:A (original rating) (cut)
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Alec Guinness liked the screenplay so much that he asked and was allowed to play all eight members of the D'Ascoyne family. Of these, the Vicar D'Ascoyne was his personal favorite.
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Continuity: When "The Hangman" (Miles Malleson) opens the peep-hole to the prisoner's cell, he moves the covering to the right, with a finger. After we are allowed to gaze at the back of the prisoner's neck for a few seconds, the shot reverts to the outside of the cell door; The Hangman releases the cover which closes from left to right, not right to left, as it should have done.
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Referenced in Creating 'The Upside of Anger' (2005) (V)
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Soundtrack:
Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro intanto
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Who are Alec Guinness's eight characters, and how do they die?A Note Regarding Spoilers
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Undoubtedly one of the most perfect, brilliant comedies ever, this movie is extremely fun and revels in its dark, clever humour. What can one say about a comedy centred around a dapper, charming, likable, impoverished young English gentleman who is at the same time an utterly remorseless, ever-calculating killer who has no qualms about killing an entire line of relatives who all stand in his path to inherit the family fortune? On top of that, he all the while takes great care in preserving his demeanor and status as a gentleman; all the relatives he must eliminate are brought to life by the genius of Alec Guinness; and there's an executioner who takes pains to show proper respect to his social "superior." The dialogue, indeed pretty much all of the humour, is a shining example of "British humour" at its best. It is subtle, clever, dark, and full of irony and satire. It is pure, brilliant entertainment that doesn't stop. Comedy really can't get much better than this.