Kind Hearts and Coronets

Released Year: 1949

Certificate: U

Runtime: 106 minutes

Genre: Comedy, Crime

IMDB Rating:

Meta Score: 0

Director: Robert Hamer

Stars: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood

No of Votes: 34485

Gross: N/A

Overview: A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

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