Candles at Nine

Candles at Nine

82 mins | Mystery | Jan. 1, 1944

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.

Candles at Nine

82 mins | Mystery | Jan. 1, 1944

Candles at Nine
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.
IMDb rating 5.6
Producers British National Films
Original title Candles at Nine
Directors John Harlow
Writers Basil Mason, Anthony Gilbert, John Harlow

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

Hugh Dempster

as Hugh Lacey

Ernest Butcher

as Eveard's Gardener

C. Denier Warren

as Middleton, the Executor

Patricia Hayes

as Gwendolyn, the Maid

Gerry Wilmot

as The Compere