| Candles at Nine | |
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| Directed by | John Harlow |
| Screenplay by | Basil Mason John Harlow |
| Based on | novel The Mouse Who Wouldn't Play Ball by Anthony Gilbert[1] |
| Produced by | Wallace Orton |
| Starring | Jessie Matthews John Stuart Beatrix Lehmann |
| Cinematography | James Wilson |
| Edited by | Vi Burdon (uncredited) |
| Music by | score composed & directed by: Charles Williams |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Anglo-American Film Corporation (UK) |
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Running time | 82 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Candles at Nine is a 1944 British mystery film directed by John Harlow and starring Jessie Matthews, John Stuart and Beatrix Lehmann.[2] A wealthy man taunts his relations and staff about which of them shall inherit his estate after he changes his Will; the same night, he falls down the stairs. His money is left to a distant female relative; a target for intrigue, from some, and murder, from another.[3] It is based on the 1943 novel The Mouse Who Wouldn't Play Ball by Anthony Gilbert.
- ^ Goble, Alan (1 January 1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Candles at Nine (1944)".
- ^ "Candles at Nine (1945)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.