Candles at Nine

The story

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 & crew

Jessie MatthewsDorothea Capper, the Heiress

John StuartWilliam Gardener, Turf Commission

Eliot MakehamEverard Hope

Beatrix LehmannJulia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper

John SalewGriggs, Everard's Butler

Joss AmblerGarth Hope

Vera Bogetti

Vera BogettiLucille Hope, Garth's Wife

André van GyseghemCecil Tempest

Winifred ShotterBrenda Tempest, Cecil's Wife

Reginald PurdellCharles Lacey

Hugh Dempster

Hugh DempsterHugh Lacey

Ernest ButcherEveard's Gardener