Candles at Nine (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.
- Date of release
- 1944-01-01
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Genres
- Mystery, Horror
- Director
- John Harlow
Casting
- Jessie Matthews — Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
- John Stuart — William Gardener, Turf Commission
- Eliot Makeham — Everard Hope
- Beatrix Lehmann — Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper
- John Salew — Griggs, Everard's Butler
- Joss Ambler — Garth Hope
- Vera Bogetti — Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife
- André van Gyseghem — Cecil Tempest
- Winifred Shotter — Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife
- Reginald Purdell — Charles Lacey
- Hugh Dempster — Hugh Lacey
- Ernest Butcher — Eveard's Gardener
Interesting facts
Candles at Nine is a 1944 British mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Jessie Matthews, John Stuart and Beatrix Lehmann. A wealthy man taunts his relations and staff about which of them shall inherit his estate after he changes his Will; the same night, he falls down the stairs. His money is left to a distant female relative; a target for intrigue, from some, and murder, from another. It is based on the 1943 novel The Mouse Who Wouldn't Play Ball by Anthony Gilbert.
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