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Candles at Nine is a film directed by John Harlow with Eliot Makeham
Candles at Nine (1944)
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Add to a movie listDirected by John Harlow
Rating56%
Candles at Nine is a 1944 British mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Beatrix Lehmann, Joss Ambler and Jessie Matthews. A wealthy man jokes about being murdered for his inheritance, but is then found dead. His money his left to a distant female relative, and attempts now begin on her life.
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Eliot Makeham
(Everard Hope)
Beatrix Lehmann
(Julia Carberry, Everard's Housekeeper)
Joss Ambler
(Garth Hope)
Vera Bogetti
(Lucille Hope, Garth's Wife)
André van Gyseghem
(Cecil Tempest)
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