Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Louis Mazzini/Louis' father

      Dennis Price

    • Edith D'Ascoyne

      Valerie Hobson

    • Sibella Holland

      Joan Greenwood

    • Ethelred D'Ascoyne, Duke of Chalfont

      Alec Guinness

    • Lord Ascoyne D'Ascoyne, the banker

      Alec Guinness

    • Rev Lord Henry D'Ascoyne, the parson

      Alec Guinness

    • General Rufus D'Ascoyne

      Alec Guinness

    • Admiral Lord Horatio D'Ascoyne

      Alec Guinness

    • young Ascoyne D'Ascoyne

      Alec Guinness

    • young Henry D'Ascoyne

      Alec Guinness

    • Lady Agatha D'Ascoyne

      Alec Guinness

    • Mrs Mazzini, mama

      Audrey Fildes

    • Mr Elliott, the hangman

      Miles Malleson

    • colonel, the prison governor

      Clive Morton

    • crown counsel

      Cecil Ramage

    • Lionel Holland

      John Penrose

    • Lord High Steward

      Hugh Griffith

    • Mr Perkins

      John Salew

    • Inspector Burgoyne

      Eric Messiter

    • the farmer

      Lyn Evans

    • Miss Waterman, the schoolmistress

      Barbara Leake

    • Maud Redpole

      Peggy Ann Clifford

    • Clothilde, the girl in the punt

      Anne Valery

    • Titbits reporter

      Arthur Lowe

    • [1st warder]

      Laurence Naismith

    • [6th warder]

      Maxwell Foster

    • [5th warder]

      Stanley Beard

    • [Louis as a child]

      Jeremy Spenser

    • [Lionel as a child]

      David Preston

    • [Sibella as a child]

      Carol White

    • [Graham as a child]

      Cavan Malone

    • [Dr Hallward]

      Ian Collins

    • [captain]

      Harold Young

    • [Lady Redpole]

      Molly Hamley-Clifford

    • [Hoskins, gamekeeper]

      Leslie Handford

    • [clerk of parliament]

      Gordon Phillott

    • [Louis' counsel]

      Richard Wattis

    • [2nd peer]

      Peter Gawthorne

    • [1st peer]

      Fletcher Lightfoot

    • [valuer]

      Ivan Staff

    • [sergeant-at-arms]

      Nicholas Hill

    • [.]

      Anthony Adam

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Robert Hamer

    • Assistant Director

      Norman Priggen

    • [Assistant Director (2nd)]

      David W. Orton

    • [Assistant Director (3rd)]

      John Hewlett

    • Continuity

      Phyllis Crocker

    • [Assistant Continuity]

      Susan Carbutt

    Production:

    • Production Company

      Ealing Studios

    • Produced by

      Michael Balcon

    • Associate Producer

      Michael Relph

    • Unit Production Manager

      Leigh Aman

    • Production Supervisor

      Hal Mason

    • Made at

      Ealing Studios

    Casting:

    • [Casting]

      Robert Ould

    • Crowd Casting

      Muriel Cole  (uncredited)

    Writing:

    • Screenplay by

      Robert Hamer

    • Screenplay by

      John Dighton

    • Based on a novel by

      Roy Horniman

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      Douglas Slocombe

    • Camera Operator

      Jeff Seaholme

    • [Focus Puller]

      Paul Wilson

    • [Focus Puller]

      Hugh Wilson

    • [Clapper Loader]

      P. Pollock

    Stills:

    • [Stills Supervisor]

      Jack Dooley

    • [Stills]

      Bob Penn

    Special Effects:

    • Special Effects

      Pearson, Sydney

    • Special Effects

      Geoffrey Dickinson

    Editing:

    • Editor

      Peter Tanner

    • [Assembly Cutter]

      Seth Holt

    • [Assistant Editor (2nd)]

      Roy Baker

    • [Assistant Editor (2nd)]

      John Jympson

    Design:

    • Art Director

      William Kellner

    • [Assistant Art Director]

      Bert Davey

    • [Draughtsman]

      V. Shaw

    • [Draughtsman]

      Jack Shampan

    • [Draughtsman]

      Norman Dorme

    • [Draughtsman]

      Grace Bryan-Brown

    • [Draughtsman]

      Roger Hopkin

    • [Draughtsman]

      Ronald Thurgarland

    Costumes:

    • Costume Designer

      Anthony Mendleson

    • [Wardrobe Master]

      Ben Foster

    • [Wardrobe Mistress]

      Edith Crutchley

    Make-up:

    • Make-up

      Ernest Taylor

    • Make-up

      Harry Frampton

    • Hair Styles

      Barbara Barnard

    • Hair Styles

      Pearl Gardner

    • [Assistant Hairdresser]

      Daphne Martin

    Music:

    • Music Performed by

      The Philharmonia Orchestra

    • [Music] Conductor

      Ernest Irving

    Sound:

    • Sound Supervisor

      Stephen Dalby

    • [Sound] Recordist

      John Mitchell

    • [Boom Operator]

      A. Steadman

    • [Assistant Boom]

      Pat Wheeler

    • [Dubbing Editor]

      Gordon Stone

    Publicity:

    • [Publicity]

      Pat O'Connor

    • [Publicity]

      John Newnham