Candles at Nine
1944•1h 22m•5.4•Released
MysteryHorror
A rich but miserly old man taunts his relatives about who will get his money when he dies, and is soon mysteriously murdered. It turns out that he has left his estate to a beautiful young actress whom the other relatives didn't know was related to him. Several attempts on her life are thwarted by a detective, who sets out to discover who's behind the scheme to kill her.
Director
John Harlow
Writer
John Harlow, Basil Mason
Languages
English
Studio
British National Films
Cast
Jessie Matthews
Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
John Stuart
William Gardener, Turf Commission
Eliot Makeham
Everard Hope
Beatrix Lehmann
Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper
John Salew
Griggs, Everard's Butler
Joss Ambler
Garth Hope
Vera Bogetti
Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife
André van Gyseghem
Cecil Tempest
Winifred Shotter
Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife
Reginald Purdell
Charles Lacey
Hugh Dempster
Hugh Lacey
Ernest Butcher
Eveard's Gardener
C. Denier Warren
Middleton, the Executor
Patricia Hayes
Gwendolyn, the Maid
Gerry Wilmot
The Compere
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