Movie #136: Kind Hearts and Coronets

Movie #: 136
Movie Title: Kind Hearts and Coronets
Year Released: 1949

Director: Robert Hamer
Notable Cast: Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness

Short Description: 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. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

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Empire.com: #42
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Date Watched: 4/19/2016

Grade: 3.5 out of 5 (Very Good)

Rationale: A teeny bit stuffy at times, but wow, the amount of depth that the writers came up with for the various back-stabbings and murders committed by Dennis Price' Louis D'Ascoyne Mazzini is remarkable. Knowing that Alec Guinness was in this I was very excited to see it. Sadly he played less of a main character than I anticipated (while at the same time doing a stand-up job of playing eight different supporting characters). I wasn’t disappointed, though, as Price was impressive as the star and very alluring.