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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.
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Directed by: Robert Hamer, Douglas Slocombe, Norman Priggen
Produced by: Michael Balcon, Michael Relph
Composed by: Ernest Irving
Cast

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
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