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Kind Hearts and Coronets is a 1949 British crime black comedy film directed by Robert Hamer. It features Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson and Alec Guinness; Guinness plays eight characters. The plot is loosely based on the novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal (1907) by Roy Horniman.
Kind Hearts and Coronets: Directed by Robert Hamer. With Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness. A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.
Sep 15, 2002 · Despite its murders and intrigues, its betrayals and blood feuds, "Kind Hearts and Coronets" has a dry and detached air, established by the memoirs of Louis, who maintains a studied distance from the evils he has committed.
Oct 24, 2018 · 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.
Director Robert Hamer’s fiendishly funny Kind Hearts and Coronets stands as one of Ealing Studios’ greatest triumphs, and one of the most wickedly black comedies ever made.
Kind Hearts and Coronets was a black comedy that involves eight deaths (six of them by murder), adultery, and a satirical look at Britain's class system.
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Summaries. A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession. In the hours before his execution for murder, Louis, the 10th Duke of Chalfont, writes his memoirs.
Jan 25, 2010 · Kind Hearts and Coronets was one of distinguished actor Alec Guinness's earliest films, following on the heels of Great Expectations (1946) and Oliver Twist (1948). Guinness is a marvel to watch in his tour de force performance as he takes on eight different roles throughout the film as the doomed members of the D'Ascoyne family.
This classic Ealing comedy sees Dennis Price plot to inherit his family title by any means necessary... 1,128 IMDb 8.0 1 h 46 min 1950. X-Ray PG-13.
Kind Hearts and Coronets, British comedy, released in 1949, that came to be recognized as one of the best British films of all time. It was noted for its dark humour and for the performance of Alec Guinness, who played eight characters.
