Candles at Nine (1944)

Candles at Nine (1944)

1944-01-01 United Kingdom 82 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Jessie Matthews is Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
John Stuart is William Gardener, Turf Commission
William Gardener, Turf Commission
Eliot Makeham is Everard Hope
Everard Hope
Beatrix Lehmann is Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper
Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper
John Salew is Griggs, Everard's Butler
Griggs, Everard's Butler
Joss Ambler is Garth Hope
Garth Hope
Vera Bogetti is Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife
Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife
André van Gyseghem is Cecil Tempest
Cecil Tempest
Winifred Shotter is Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife
Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife
Reginald Purdell is Charles Lacey
Charles Lacey
Hugh Dempster is Hugh Lacey
Hugh Lacey
Ernest Butcher is Eveard's Gardener
Eveard's Gardener