Kind Hearts and Coronets
7.6/10
Rating
104 min
Runtime
1949
Release Year
Robert Hamer
Director
Cast
Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Audrey Fildes
Quick Synopsis
Louis Mazzini grows up estranged from his mother's aristocratic family after she runs away with an Italian opera singer. When the family denies her the right to be buried in their mausoleum, Louis decides to seek revenge by systematically eliminating the relatives who block his claim to the family fortune. As he carries out his plan, he becomes conflicted when he develops feelings both for his longtime love and for the widow of one of the family members he has killed, complicating his efforts to secure the inheritance.
Detailed Synopsis of 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.
