Product Information
Alec Guinness plays eight different roles in this film about a young man determined to attain a dukedom. In his efforts he must murder his relatives, one by one.Product Identifiers
ProducerMichael Balcon
EAN5055201843302
eBay Product ID (ePID)12048547610
Product Key Features
ActorAlec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Arthur Lowe, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Miles Malleson
Film/TV TitleKind Hearts and Coronets
DirectorRobert Hamer
LanguageEnglish
Run Time102 Mins
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2019
Features70th Anniversary Collectoræs Edition
FranchiseEaling
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
CertificateU
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
ReviewsEmpire - ...Audaciously elegant black comedy...
Additional InformationAn Ealing Studio classic, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS is considered th emost perfect of the Golden-Age Ealing comedies. A deft and dark Edwardian comedy with Alec Guinness in superb form as he plays eight different members of the D'Ascoyne clan. In order to inherit the entire D'Ascoyne fortune, the suave, dashing black sheep of the wealthy family, Louis (Dennis Price) must murder all the other heirs. Watch as the brilliant Guinness disappears into his various eccentric roles.
ScreenwriterRobert Hamer, John Dighton
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleKind Hearts And Coronets
Consumer AdviceContains infrequent mild discriminatory language