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… Read more
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Movie · Comedy · Crime · NR
1949 · 1h 44m · ★ 92% (27K)
He chopped down the family tree...
Director: Robert Hamer
Starring: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood
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.
Director
Robert Hamer
Production
Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Michael Balcon Productions
Cast
Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Audrey Fildes, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton, John Penrose, Cecil Ramage, Hugh Griffith, John Salew, Eric Messiter, Lyn Evans, Barbara Leake, Peggy Ann Clifford, Anne Valery, Arthur Lowe, Peter Gawthorne, Molly Hamley-Clifford, Leslie Handford