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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.
Keywords
prison
jealousy
based on novel or book
italian
poison
widow
gallows
dark comedy
hot air balloon
duke
relatives
singer
black and white
series of murders
heir
dysfunctional relationship
edwardian england
1900s
understated
absurd
Casts
Dennis Price
Louis Mazzini / His Father
Alec Guinness
The D'Ascoyne Family: The Duke / The Banker / The Parson / The General / The Admiral / Young Ascoyne / Young Henry / Lady Agatha
Joan Greenwood
Sibella
Valerie Hobson
Edith D'Ascoyne
Audrey Fildes
Mama
Miles Malleson
The Hangman
Clive Morton
The Prison Governor
John Penrose
Lionel Holland
Cecil Ramage
Crown Counsel
Hugh Griffith
Lord High Steward
John Salew
Mr. Perkins
Eric Messiter
Inspector Burgoyne
Lyn Evans
The Farmer
Barbara Leake
The Schoolmistress
Peggy Ann Clifford
Maud Redpole
Anne Valery
The Girl in the Punt
Arthur Lowe
The Reporter
Peter Gawthorne
First Lord Delivering Verdict (uncredited)
Molly Hamley-Clifford
Lady Redpole (uncredited)
Leslie Handford
Gamekeeper Hoskins (uncredited)
Cavan Malone
Young Graham (uncredited)
Jeremy Spenser
Young Louis (uncredited)
Carol White
Young Sibella (uncredited)
Laurence Naismith
Warder in Jail (uncredited)
Gordon Phillott
Clerk of Parliament (uncredited)
Richard Wattis
Defence Counsel (uncredited)
Harold Young
Captain (uncredited)
Crews
Roy Horniman
Novel
Michael Balcon
Producer
Robert Hamer
Director
Ernest Irving
Original Music Composer
Robert Hamer
Screenplay
Peter Tanner
Editor
John Dighton
Screenplay
Douglas Slocombe
Director of Photography
William Kellner
Art Direction
Michael Relph
Associate Producer
Ernest Taylor
Makeup Artist
Sydney Pearson
Special Effects
Barbara Barnard
Hairstylist
Pearl Orton
Hairstylist
Harry Frampton
Makeup Artist
Jeff Seaholme
Camera Operator
Nancy Mitford
Screenplay
Hal Mason
Production Supervisor
Roy Baker
Assistant Editor
Leigh Aman
Unit Production Manager
Bert Davey
Assistant Art Director
Daphne Martin
Hairstylist
John Jympson
Assistant Editor
Seth Holt
Editorial Services
Anthony Mendleson
Costume Design
Norman Priggen
Assistant Director
Ernest Irving
Conductor
Geoffrey Dickinson
Special Effects
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Music
Stephen Dalby
Sound Director
Phyllis Crocker
Continuity
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
Philharmonia Orchestra
Music
Backdrops & Posters
