Candles at Nine
1944-01-01 | 82 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Jessie MatthewsDorothea Capper, the Heiress
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John StuartWilliam Gardener, Turf Commission
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Eliot MakehamEverard Hope
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Beatrix LehmannJulia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper
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John SalewGriggs, Everard's Butler
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Joss AmblerGarth Hope
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André van GyseghemCecil Tempest
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Winifred ShotterBrenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife
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Reginald PurdellCharles Lacey
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Ernest ButcherEveard's Gardener
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C. Denier WarrenMiddleton, the Executor
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Patricia HayesGwendolyn, the Maid
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