Candles at Nine

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Jessie Matthews Dorothea Capper, the Heiress

John Stuart William Gardener, Turf Commission

Eliot Makeham Everard Hope

Beatrix Lehmann Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper

John Salew Griggs, Everard's Butler