Set in the Edwardian era, KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS is black comedy at is best, with the most articulate and literate of all Ealing screenplays.
Sir Alec Guinness gives a virtuoso performance in his Ealing comedy debut, playing all eight victims standing between a mass-murderer and his family fortune. KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS is considered by some to be Ealing's most perfect achievement of all the Ealing films.