Candles at Nine
Candles at Nine

Candles at Nine (1944)

1944-01-01

(US) •

Mystery,

Horror

4.5/10

User

Score

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.

Movie Cast

Candles at Nine

Jessie Matthews

Dorothea Capper, the Heiress

Candles at Nine

John Stuart

William Gardener, Turf Commission

Candles at Nine

Eliot Makeham

Everard Hope

Candles at Nine

Beatrix Lehmann

Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper

Candles at Nine

John Salew

Griggs, Everard's Butler

Candles at Nine

Joss Ambler

Garth Hope

Candles at Nine

Vera Bogetti

Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife

Candles at Nine

André van Gyseghem

Cecil Tempest

Candles at Nine

Winifred Shotter

Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife

Candles at Nine

Reginald Purdell

Charles Lacey

Candles at Nine

Hugh Dempster

Hugh Lacey

Candles at Nine

Ernest Butcher

Eveard's Gardener

Candles at Nine

C. Denier Warren

Middleton, the Executor

Candles at Nine

Patricia Hayes

Gwendolyn, the Maid

Candles at Nine

Gerry Wilmot

The Compere