Candles at Nine
5.7
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
Dorothea Capper, the Heiress
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William Gardener, Turf Commission
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Eliot Makeham
Everard Hope
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Beatrix Lehmann
Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper
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John Salew
Griggs, Everard's Butler
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Vera Bogetti
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André van Gyseghem
Cecil Tempest
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Winifred Shotter
Brenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife
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Reginald Purdell
Charles Lacey
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Hugh Lacey
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John Harlow Director · Basil Mason Screenplay Anthony Gilbert Author
First release January 1, 1944 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
British National Films
Production
United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 1, 1944
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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