Candles at Nine (1944)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1944-01-01
Runtime: 82 minutes
Director: John Harlow
Top Cast
- Jessie Matthews as Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
- John Stuart as William Gardener, Turf Commission
- Eliot Makeham as Everard Hope
- Beatrix Lehmann as Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper
- John Salew as Griggs, Everard's Butler
- Joss Ambler as Garth Hope
- Vera Bogetti as Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife
- André van Gyseghem as Cecil Tempest
- Winifred Shotter as Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife
- Reginald Purdell as Charles Lacey
Soundtrack
Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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