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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Mystery

Duration:

82 minutes

Year:

1944

Director:

John Harlow

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Company:

British National Films

Cast:

Dorothea Capper, the Heiress

William Gardener, Turf Commission

Everard Hope

Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper

Griggs, Everard's Butler

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