Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets

He chopped down the family tree...

NR 1949 · 104 min · ★ 7.6 · Comedy, Crime

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.

Directed by Robert Hamer · Written by Robert Hamer

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