Kind Hearts and Coronets
UK,
1949, 106 min
Directed by:
Robert HamerCinematography:
Douglas SlocombeComposer:
Ernest IrvingCast:
Alec Guinness, Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith, Anne Valery, Arthur Lowe, Laurence Naismith, Richard Wattis, Miles Malleson (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Alec Guinness plays eight different members of the D'Ascoyne clan. Louis (Dennis Price), the black sheep of the wealthy family, must murder all the heirs in order to inherit the D'Ascoyne fortune. (official distributor synopsis)
Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1950 - Outstanding British Film
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1950 - Alec Guinness (Best Actor)