- Country: UK
- Genres: Comedy, Crime
- Release: 1950-06-14
- Director: Robert Hamer
- Writers: Roy Horniman , Robert Hamer , John Dighton
- Language: English | Italian
- Stars: Dennis Price , Alec Guinness (1914–2000) , Alec Guinness (1914–2000) , Alec Guinness (1914–2000) , Valerie Hobson , Joan Greenwood , Audrey Fildes , Miles Malleson , Clive Morton , John Penrose , Cecil Ramage , Hugh Griffith (I) (1912–1980)
- Runtime: 106 min
- Awards: Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award4 wins & 3 nominations total
- AKA: Kind Hearts and Coronets (United Kingdom) , O 13os klironomos (Greece) , Kruunupäitä ja hyviä sydämiä (Finland) , Sju hertigar (Sweden) , Nježno srce (Croatia) , Nemes szívek, nemesi koronák (Hungary) , Kind Hearts and Coronets (Australia) , Adel Verplicht (Belgium) , Sangue blu (Italy) , Nežna srca i dijademe (Serbia) , Šlechetné Srdce a Šlechtické Korunky (Czech Republic) , Goda hjärtan och adelskronor (Finland) , Добрые сердца и короны (Russian Federation) , Добрі серця та корони (Ukraine) , Kind Hearts and Coronets , 仁心与冠冕 (China) , Adel verpflichtet (Germany) , Kind Hearts and Coronets (Canada) , Noblesse oblige (France, French Republic) , As Oito Vítimas (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Noblesse oblige (Netherlands the) , Los ocho sentenciados (Argentina) , As Oito Vítimas (Brazil) , Inimi bune și coroane (Romania) , Ocho sentencias de muerte (Spain) , Kind Hearts and Coronets (United States of America) , Ο 13ος κληρονόμος (Greece) , Szlachectwo zobowiązuje (Poland) , 仁心與冠冕 (Taiwan) , Oito Vidas por Um Título (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , カインド・ハート (Japan) , Syv små synder (Denmark) , Добрые сердца и короны , Adel verpflichtet , Добри сърца и диадеми (Bulgaria)
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt0041546
Kind Hearts and Coronets Cast · · · ALL
Robert Hamer
Director
Dennis Price
Louis Mazzini / His Father
Alec Guinness
(1914–2000)
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Joan Greenwood
Sibella
Valerie Hobson
Edith D'Ascoyne
Audrey Fildes
Mama
Miles Malleson
The Hangman
Clive Morton
The Prison Governor
John Penrose
Lionel Holland
Cecil Ramage
Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith
(I)
(1912–1980)
Lord High Steward
John Salew
Mr. Perkins
Eric Messiter
Inspector Burgoyne
Lyn Evans
The Farmer
Barbara Leake
The Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann Clifford
Maud Redpole
Anne Valery
The Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe
The Reporter
Peter Gawthorne
First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Lady Redpole (uncredited)
Leslie Handford
Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
Cavan Malone
Young Graham (uncredited)
Jeremy Spenser
Young Louis (uncredited)
Carol White
Young Sibella (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
Warder in Jail (uncredited)
Gordon Phillott
Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)