Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Robert Hamer.

Cast

• Dennis Price as Louis Mazzini / His Father
• Alec Guinness as The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
• Joan Greenwood as Sibella
• Valerie Hobson as Edith D'Ascoyne
• Audrey Fildes as Mama
• Miles Malleson as The Hangman
• Clive Morton as The Prison Governor
• John Penrose as Lionel Holland
• Cecil Ramage as Crown Counsel
• Hugh Griffith as Lord High Steward
• John Salew as Mr. Perkins
• Eric Messiter as Inspector Burgoyne
• Lyn Evans as The Farmer
• Barbara Leake as The Schoolmistress
• Peggy Ann Clifford as Maud Redpole
• Anne Valery as The Girl in the Punt
• Arthur Lowe as The Reporter
• Peter Gawthorne as First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
• Molly Hamley-Clifford as Lady Redpole (uncredited)
• Leslie Handford as Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
• Cavan Malone as Young Graham (uncredited)
• Jeremy Spenser as Young Louis (uncredited)
• Carol White as Young Sibella (uncredited)
• Laurence Naismith as Warder in Jail (uncredited)
• Gordon Phillott as Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)
• Richard Wattis as Defence Counsel (uncredited)
• Harold Young as Captain (uncredited)
• Stanley Beard as Warder (uncredited)
• Norman Fisher as Member of D'Ascoyne Household (uncredited)
• Maxwell Foster as Warder (uncredited)
• Fletcher Lightfoot as Peer of the Realm (uncredited)
• Harry Phipps as Lawyer (uncredited)
• Miles Silverton as Lord (uncredited)
• Ivan Staff as Valuer (uncredited)
• George Wilson as Lord (uncredited)

Crew

• Roy Horniman — Novel
• Michael Balcon — Producer
• Robert Hamer — Director
• Ernest Irving — Original Music Composer
• Robert Hamer — Screenplay
• John Dighton — Screenplay
• Douglas Slocombe — Director of Photography

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