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Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

7.6 IMDb 100% RT
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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.

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StudioCanal · 4K + Blu-ray

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Director

Robert Hamer

Genre

Comedy, Crime

Box Office

$35,948

Runtime

1 hour and 44 minutes (104 minutes)

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Editor's Notes

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S-Tier StudioCanal 4K. Alec Guinness playing eight members of the same family. The StudioCanal 70th anniversary set is the one to get if you're region-free, with better packaging than the Kino release.

noted Apr 9, 2026

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