Kind Hearts and Coronets

United Kingdom, 1949

Film
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Episode of Series “Forever Ealing”.
A genteel mass-murderer is out to heartlessly eliminate the eight relatives standing between him and the family fortune. Alec Guinness plays all eight victims in this witty black comedy. Based on the novel “Noblesse oblige” by Roy Horniman.

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Credits

director

Robert Hamer

producer

Sir Michael Balcon

production company

Ealing Studios

Duration

01:42:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1949

Appears in

Forever Ealing

Group of items

Forever Ealing

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302542

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Adaptations

Comedy

Comedy → Black comedy

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain

Literature → English literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Literature

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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