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Kind Hearts and Coronets

Summary: A distant poor relative of the Duke D'Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

Release Date: June 14, 1950

Genres: Comedy, Crime

Director: Robert Hamer

Writers: Roy Horniman

Runtime: 1 h 46 min

MPAA: Not Rated

Production: Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions

Distributor: Eagle-Lion Films, Continental Distributing, Home Box Office Home Video (HBO), Image Entertainment, Republic Pictures Home Video, The Criterion Collection, Rialto Pictures, Kino Lorber

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English

Domestic: $ 35,948

International: $ 109,635

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