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104m
Windsor Murder Club: Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
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Synopsis
A wickedly macabre satire of social climbing in which an ambitious outsider, Louis Mazzini, sets out to eliminate the entire aristocratic D’Ascoyne family—each in increasingly inventive ways—in order to inherit a dukedom that has cruelly bypassed his mother’s line.
When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) 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 (all played by Alec Guinness in a celebrated feat of versatility) who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love (Joan Greenwood) and the widow of one of his victims (Valerie Hobson), his plans go awry.
Awards & Nominations
1949 Venice Film Festival | Winner: Best Production Design (International Award)
1950 BAFTA Awards | Nominee: Best British Film
1950 New York Film Critics Circle Awards | 3rd place: Best Actor
Screening Sunday 12th July & Wednesday 15th July at the Windsor Cinema.
Opening Date
Sunday, Jul 12, 2026
Rating
PG
Length
104m
Genre
Classic Films Special Events
Reviews
A high comedy that is enlivened with cynicism, loaded with dramatic irony and shot through with a suspicion of social satire.
5/5 Technically brilliant and savagely funny, serial killing has never looked so much fun.
5/5 At once a witty comedy of manners, a grotesque serial-killer caper and an acerbic satire on the class system.
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