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Candles at Nine

1944

82 minutes

MysteryHorror

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.

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Jessie Matthews headshot

Jessie Matthews

Dorothea Capper, the Heiress

John Stuart headshot

John Stuart

William Gardener, Turf Commission

Eliot Makeham headshot

Eliot Makeham

Everard Hope

Beatrix Lehmann headshot

Beatrix Lehmann

Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper

John Salew headshot

John Salew

Griggs, Everard's Butler

Joss Ambler headshot

Joss Ambler

Garth Hope

Vera Bogetti headshot

Vera Bogetti

Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife

André van Gyseghem headshot

André van Gyseghem

Cecil Tempest

Winifred Shotter headshot

Winifred Shotter

Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife

Reginald Purdell headshot

Reginald Purdell

Charles Lacey

Hugh Dempster headshot

Hugh Dempster

Hugh Lacey

Ernest Butcher headshot

Ernest Butcher

Eveard's Gardener

C. Denier Warren headshot

C. Denier Warren

Middleton, the Executor

Patricia Hayes headshot

Patricia Hayes

Gwendolyn, the Maid

Gerry Wilmot headshot

Gerry Wilmot

The Compere