Kind Hearts and Coronets

1949
UK
106 min
PG

Directed by: Robert Hamer
Written by: Screenplay:, Robert Hamer, John Dighton, Novel:, Roy Horniman
Cast: Dennis Price, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness

Blacker than black Ealing comedy has a suave and sophisticated Price killing off an entire family tree (all played by Guinness) in order to move himself closer to the d'Ascoyne family title. Low-key cynicism and disarming callousness make it a true gem of British post-war cinema.