Candles at Nine (1944)

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Candles at Nine on IMDb 6.1/10 73 votes

Released:
1944-01-01

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.

Director:
John Harlow

Runtime:
1h 22min

Genre:
Mystery, Horror

  • 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