Kind Hearts and Coronets
1949 · 104 MIN · IMDB 8.0 · 40,623 VOTES · DIR. Robert Hamer
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,557 lines
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00:02:17 - Evening, Mr. Elliott. - Good evening.
00:06:11 "With so little time remaining to complete my story...
00:11:13 The least we can do is try once more.
00:14:51 but the certainty of seeing Sibella every day was too tempting to be refused.
00:19:20 the more they became monsters of arrogance and cruelty...
00:23:36 I was in a state of desperation...
00:28:34 You're a person who must dance through life, Sibella...
00:32:26 A few hours only.
00:36:10 That makes it worse too.
00:40:18 And in the pulpit, talking interminable nonsense...
00:43:57 I've watched your progress here with great care...
00:48:10 and I decided to promote the Reverend Lord Henry D'Ascoyne...
00:52:09 Would you care for a cigar?
00:57:49 One could almost believe there was a curse on our unfortunate family, Mazzini.
01:01:38 I have spoken too boldly and too soon.
01:05:41 There are some conventions which must be governed by individual circumstance.
01:09:43 Since then, it's gone worse. I'm bankrupt.
01:14:25 but - a very important "but" -
01:18:31 I was likely to see the ruin of my whole campaign.
01:23:33 You may remove that.
01:27:56 Their Lordships have no objection to the witness being seated.
01:31:46 Very well.
01:36:22 which of these two little niggers would finally have to go.
01:40:55 My memoirs.
Cast & Characters
Dennis Price
Louis
Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke
Alec Guinness
The Banker
Alec Guinness
The Parson
Valerie Hobson
Edith
Joan Greenwood
Sibella
Audrey Fildes
Mama
Miles Malleson
The Hangman
Clive Morton
The Prison Governor
John Penrose
Lionel
Cecil Ramage
Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith
Lord High Steward
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,557
Dialogue density15.0 lines / min
First line00:02:17
Final line01:40:55
Production Record
DirectorRobert Hamer
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes40,623