poster

Candles at Nine

Mystery | Horror

5.0

Release Date

January 1, 1944

Duration

82 min

Status

Released

Language

en

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.

Casts

Jessie Matthews

Dorothea Capper, the Heiress

Jessie Matthews

John Stuart

William Gardener, Turf Commission

John Stuart

Eliot Makeham

Everard Hope

Eliot Makeham

Beatrix Lehmann

Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper

Beatrix Lehmann

John Salew

Griggs, Everard's Butler

John Salew

Joss Ambler

Garth Hope

Joss Ambler

Vera Bogetti

Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife

Vera Bogetti

André van Gyseghem

Cecil Tempest

André van Gyseghem

Winifred Shotter

Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife

Winifred Shotter

Reginald Purdell

Charles Lacey

Reginald Purdell

Hugh Dempster

Hugh Lacey

Hugh Dempster

Ernest Butcher

Eveard's Gardener

Ernest Butcher

C. Denier Warren

Middleton, the Executor

C. Denier Warren

Patricia Hayes

Gwendolyn, the Maid

Patricia Hayes

Gerry Wilmot

The Compere

Gerry Wilmot

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