Candles at Nine
1944A 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.
Acted in
Jessie Matthews
as Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
John Stuart
as William Gardener, Turf Commission
Eliot Makeham
as Everard Hope
Beatrix Lehmann
as Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper
John Salew
as Griggs, Everard's Butler
Joss Ambler
as Garth Hope
Vera Bogetti
as Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife
André van Gyseghem
as Cecil Tempest
Winifred Shotter
as Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife
Reginald Purdell
as Charles Lacey
Hugh Dempster
as Hugh Lacey
Ernest Butcher
as Eveard's Gardener
C. Denier Warren
as Middleton, the Executor
Patricia Hayes
as Gwendolyn, the Maid
Gerry Wilmot
as The Compere