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Candles at Nine

Candles at Nine (1944)

1h 22m | PG-13

⭐ 5 / 10

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.

Director: John Harlow

Studio: British National Films

Genre: Mystery, Horror

Video: 720p

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Cast

Jessie Matthews

Jessie Matthews

as Dorothea Capper, the Heiress

John Stuart

John Stuart

as William Gardener, Turf Commission

Eliot Makeham

Eliot Makeham

as Everard Hope

Beatrix Lehmann

Beatrix Lehmann

as Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper

John Salew

John Salew

as Griggs, Everard's Butler

Joss Ambler

Joss Ambler

as Garth Hope