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23/06/1949 Comedy, Crime 1h 44m
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He chopped down the family tree...

Overview

When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mother's death by attempting to murder every family member who stands between himself and the family fortune. But when he finds himself torn between his longtime love and the widow of one of his victims, his plans go awry.

  1. Robert Hamer

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Dennis Price

    Louis Mazzini / His Father

  2. Alec Guinness

    The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha

  3. Joan Greenwood

    Sibella

  4. Valerie Hobson

    Edith D'Ascoyne

  5. Audrey Fildes

    Mama

  6. Miles Malleson

    The Hangman

  7. Clive Morton

    The Prison Governor

  8. John Penrose

    Lionel Holland

  9. Cecil Ramage

    Crown Counsel

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-09
The best, I think, of the Ealing Comedies features a wonderful Dennis Price as the hard-done-by aristocrat who sets out to exact the most spectacular series of acts of vengeance on those whom he blames for the plights of his childhood. Alec Guinness plays the entire (somewhat doomed) "D'Ascoyne" family outstandingly (especially, I thought, the vicar) and both Valerie Hobson and Joan Greenwood complete this excellent casting of this very enjoyable dark comedy that has the odd extra twist to complicate things nicely. It is one of those films you can watch over and over again and it just doesn't ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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