Kind Hearts and Coronets (film)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Kind_Hearts_and_Coronets_(film)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:AFI100Years100Laughs nominated
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:Roy_Horniman
gptkbp:award BAFTA nomination for Best British Film (1950)
NBR Top Ten Films (1949)
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Israel_Rank:_The_Autobiography_of_a_Criminal
gptkbp:BFITop100BritishFilms ranked #6
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross successful
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Douglas_Slocombe
gptkbp:color black-and-white
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:director gptkb:Robert_Hamer
gptkbp:distributor gptkb:General_Film_Distributors
gptkbp:editingBy gptkb:Peter_Tanner
gptkbp:genre black comedy
crime film
satire
gptkbp:homeMediaRelease gptkb:The_Criterion_Collection
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kind Hearts and Coronets (film)
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Ernest_Irving
gptkbp:notableFor Alec Guinness playing eight roles
"It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms."
gptkbp:notableScene Alec Guinness as Lady Agatha in hot air balloon
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:British_Film_Institute
gptkbp:producer gptkb:Michael_Balcon
gptkbp:productionCompany gptkb:Ealing_Studios
gptkbp:releaseDate 21 June 1949
gptkbp:runtime 106 minutes
gptkbp:screenwriter gptkb:John_Dighton
gptkb:Robert_Hamer
gptkbp:series gptkb:Ealing_comedies
gptkbp:setInPeriod gptkb:Edwardian_era
gptkbp:setting gptkb:England
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Dennis_Price
gptkb:Alec_Guinness
gptkb:Joan_Greenwood
gptkb:Valerie_Hobson
gptkbp:theme gptkb:murder
revenge
social class
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Israel_Rank
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7