Kind Hearts and Coronets

1h 44m · 1949 · Directed by Robert Hamer · 4.1 / 5 on Letterboxd

Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) runs 1h 44m, directed by Robert Hamer. It is one of 3,647 films in the 100 Minute Movies catalog — every one rated 3.0 or higher by Letterboxd members and short enough to finish in an evening.

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.

Genres: Comedy, Crime

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