Classic Movies: The Story of... Season 3 Episode 2 - Kind Hearts and Coronets

Airdate: 2025-May-08

Episode summary:

The 1949 British black comedy regarded as a cinematic masterpiece. A crime story, it sees Alec Guinness playing eight characters, alongside co-stars Dennis Price, Joan Greenwood and Valerie Hobson. The plot focuses on a vengeful man attempt to secure the family's dukedom by murdering the eight people ahead of him in the line of succession to the title.

About Classic Movies: The Story of... series:

Classic Movies: The Story of… goes in search of the cinematically sublime. Those films that have transcended their era to enter the pantheon ...Show more >