Brilliantly cynical! – Time Out New York

Ninth in line for the family fortune, poor relation Louis (Dennis Price, who later played the omniscient valet Jeeves in 1960s television P. G. Wodehouse adaptations) sets out to bump off the eight heirs ahead of him—including a general, a parson, and a dowager—every one of whom is played by the incomparable Alec Guinness. This “merciless masterpiece” (New Yorker) of Edwardian England, a triumphantly cynical black comedy directed by Robert Hamer, is an absolute must-see, especially in this gorgeous 70th anniversary 4K restoration.