Kind Hearts and Coronets

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

1949-06-21 · 104 min · Rating 7.64/10 (597 votes)

He chopped down the family tree...

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.

Comedy Crime

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1900s absurd based on novel or book black and white dark comedy duke dysfunctional relationship edwardian england gallows heir hot air balloon italian jealousy poison prison relatives series of murders singer understated widow

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