Candles at Nine

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

Jessie Matthews

Played Dorothea Capper, the…
John Stuart

Played William Gardener, Tu…
Eliot Makeham

Played Everard Hope
Beatrix Lehmann

Played Julia Carberry, Ever…
John Salew

Played Griggs, Everard's Bu…
Joss Ambler

Played Garth Hope
Vera Bogetti

Played Lucille Hope, Garth'…
André van Gyseghem

Played Cecil Tempest
Winifred Shotter

Played Brenda Tempest, Ceci…
Reginald Purdell

Played Charles Lacey
Hugh Dempster

Played Hugh Lacey
Ernest Butcher

Played Eveard's Gardener
C. Denier Warren

Played Middleton, the Execu…
Patricia Hayes

Played Gwendolyn, the Maid
Gerry Wilmot

Played The Compere

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