Candles at Nine

John Harlow
1944-01-01


5
82 min

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

Name Character Team
Jessie Matthews Dorothea Capper, the Heiress Unowned
John Stuart William Gardener, Turf Commission Unowned
Eliot Makeham Everard Hope Unowned
Beatrix Lehmann Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper Unowned
John Salew Griggs, Everard's Butler Unowned
Joss Ambler Garth Hope Unowned
Vera Bogetti Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife Unowned
André van Gyseghem Cecil Tempest Unowned
Winifred Shotter Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife Unowned
Reginald Purdell Charles Lacey Unowned
Hugh Dempster Hugh Lacey Unowned
Ernest Butcher Eveard's Gardener Unowned
C. Denier Warren Middleton, the Executor Unowned
Patricia Hayes Gwendolyn, the Maid Unowned
Gerry Wilmot The Compere Unowned