A classic of British cinema, hatched from Ealing's Golden Age, Kind Hearts and Coronets is the hilarious tale of a distant poor relative of the Duke of D'Ascoyne, who plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.

Alec Guinness expertly portrays the eight unsuspecting members of the aristocratic D'Ascoyne family - targeted one by one by outcast cousin Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) who has a sinister grudge against the family. Desperate to avenge the honour of his dear departed mother, Louis will not stop until her position in the family is given the respect it duly deserves.