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The script was directed by Robert Hamer, written by John Dighton and Hamer, and very loosely based on a book, Israel Rank, by Roy Horniman. The title is a quotation from Tennyson's 1842 poem Lady Clara Vere de Vere, which proclaims that "Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood." Wiki - A mannerly cad murders his way to a dukedom, dispatching eight relatives all played by Alec Guinness. Obviously, - “Kind Hearts and Coronets” is a comedy. In fact, a recent British Film Institute poll ranked it as Britain’s greatest." New York Times