Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Robert Hamer · 104 min · Letterboxd ↗

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.

Kind Hearts and Coronets screens once in London: Prince Charles Cinema, Saturday 23 January at 12:00.