Comedy Crime
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.
Directed by
Robert Hamer
Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Hugh Griffith
Lord High Steward
Laurence Naismith
Warder in Jail (uncredited)
Carol White
Young Sibella (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
Defence Counsel (uncredited)
Joan Greenwood
Sibella
Miles Malleson
The Hangman
Dennis Price
Louis Mazzini / His Father
Arthur Lowe
The Reporter
Clive Morton
The Prison Governor
Jeremy Spenser
Young Louis (uncredited)
Cecil Ramage
Crown Counsel
John Salew
Mr. Perkins
Valerie Hobson
Edith D'Ascoyne
Peter Gawthorne
First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
John Penrose
Lionel Holland
Audrey Fildes
Mama
Eric Messiter
Inspector Burgoyne
Lyn Evans
The Farmer
Barbara Leake
The Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann Clifford
Maud Redpole
Anne Valery
The Girl in the Punt
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Lady Redpole (uncredited)
Leslie Handford
Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
Cavan Malone
Young Graham (uncredited)
Gordon Phillott
Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)
Philharmonia Orchestra

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