Candles at Nine

Jan 1, 1944

1h 22m

★ 5.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Mystery

Horror

Production Companies

British National Films

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Cast

Dorothea Capper, the Heiress

Jessie Matthews

William Gardener, Turf Commission

John Stuart

Everard Hope

Eliot Makeham

Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper

Beatrix Lehmann

Griggs, Everard's Butler

John Salew

Garth Hope

Joss Ambler

Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife

Vera Bogetti

Cecil Tempest

André van Gyseghem

Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife

Winifred Shotter

Charles Lacey

Reginald Purdell

Hugh Lacey

Hugh Dempster

Eveard's Gardener

Ernest Butcher

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