Kind Hearts and Coronets
Robert Hamer's classic 1949 crime comedy following a man who, after his mother's death, attempts to kill off all eight relatives that stand between him and the inheritance. As the tagline says: "He chopped down the family tree..."
- Director:
- Robert Hamer ('The Detective', 'It Always Rains on Sunday')
- Writer:
- Robert HamerJohn Dighton
- Cast:
- Dennis PriceValerie HobsonJoan GreenwoodAlec Guinness
Reviews & comments
Wickedly fun
This 70-year-old British satire holds up remarkably well, aside from the inherent, ingrained sexism of the times. Alec Guinness is superb, playing all eight members of the ill-fated D’Ascoyne family, and Joan Greenwood wickedly fun, in director Robert Hamer’s expertly shot, comedy classic.
Roger Ebert
pressPrice is impeccable as the murderer: Elegant, well-spoken, a student of demeanor.
Roger Ebert
pressPrice is impeccable as the murderer: Elegant, well-spoken, a student of demeanor.
Wickedly fun
This 70-year-old British satire holds up remarkably well, aside from the inherent, ingrained sexism of the times. Alec Guinness is superb, playing all eight members of the ill-fated D’Ascoyne family, and Joan Greenwood wickedly fun, in director Robert Hamer’s expertly shot, comedy classic.
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