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
EAN5055201842541
eBay Product ID (ePID)9048553380
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitleKind Hearts and Coronets
ActorAlec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Arthur Lowe, Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood, Miles Malleson
DirectorRobert Hamer
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2019
LanguageEnglish
Features70th Anniversary Edition
FranchiseEaling
GenreGeneral, Comedy
Run Time102 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificateU
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
ReviewsEmpire - ...Audaciously elegant black comedy...
Consumer AdviceContains infrequent mild discriminatory language
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.
Movie/TV TitleKind Hearts And Coronets
Sound sourceDolby Digital
ScreenwriterRobert Hamer, John Dighton