Kind Hearts and Coronets [Blu-ray]

Kind Hearts and Coronets [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Ernest Irving
Ernest Irving
, Dennis Price
Dennis Price
, Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
, Valerie Hobson
Valerie Hobson
, Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood
Kind Hearts and Coronets [Blu-ray]

Kind Hearts and Coronets [Blu-ray]

 Cast: Ernest Irving
Ernest Irving
, Dennis Price
Dennis Price
, Alec Guinness
Alec Guinness
, Valerie Hobson
Valerie Hobson
, Joan Greenwood
Joan Greenwood

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Overview

Alec Guinness gets to die eight times, playing a line of successors to a dukedom, in the Ealing black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets. Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) is ninth in line to inherit the dukedom from the aristocratic D'Ascoyne family. Louis vows to kill all eight people who stand between him and the duke's title. Aside from two cases of natural causes, Louis works through the list, eliminating rivals (all played by Guinness). Along the way he romances Sibella (Joan Greenwood), a childhood friend who ends up marrying a dullard, and Edith (Valerie Hobson), the beautiful widow of one of his victims with whom he plans to share his title. But just when Louis is ready to assume the D'Ascoyne mantle, a bizarre irony strikes.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/03/2019
UPC: 0738329236342
Original Release: 1949
Rating: NR
Source: Kl Studio Classics
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Language: English
Time: 1:46:00
Sales rank: 25,016

Special Features

Audio Commentary by Film Historian Kat Ellinger; Introduction by Filmmaker John Landis; Those British Faces: Dennis Price - Featurette; Interview with Cinematographer Douglas Slocombe; Alternate American Ending; Theatrical Trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Dennis Price Louis Mazzini
Alec Guinness Duke
Valerie Hobson Edith D'Ascoyne
Joan Greenwood Sibella
Audrey Fildes Mama
Miles Malleson Hangman
John Penrose Lionel
Cecil Ramage Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith Lord High Steward
John Salew Mr. Perkins
Eric Messiter Burgoyne
Peggy Ann Clifford Maud
Richard Wattis Actor
Anne Valery The Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe The Reporter
Lyn Evans The Farmer
Barbara Leake The Schoolmistress
Clive Morton Prison Governor

Technical Credits
Robert Hamer Director,Screenwriter
John Dighton Screenwriter
Michael Balcon Producer
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