Hearts and Crowns

The mother of Louis (Dennis Price) was born in the noble Astene family, but because she eloped with an Italian singer, she was ostracized by the family until her death. Louis, who has grown up, deeply remembers the face of his aristocratic relatives who refused to bury his mother in the family cemetery, and experiences his beloved girl Sibella (Joan Greenwood) rejecting his proposal because of his poverty, so he embarks on his revenge plan. He used a strategy to kill the male relatives who had the right to inherit the title one by one, in order to obtain the title of duke himself. After becoming more and more skillful in killing, he would not let go even the old, weak, women and children. Anyway, he could always create all kinds of coincidences, and no one would ever suspect him. But while the revenge plan was being carried out, he also fell into emotional troubles - after getting married, Sibella had no connection with him, and there was a beautiful widow in the family, Edith (Valerie Hobson), who fell in love with him and was willing to get engaged to him. When Louis proudly inherited the title and held the wedding, his crime seemed to be exposed...