Nine Girls

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Nine Girls
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Leigh Jason
Screenplay by
Based onNine Girls
by Wilfred H. Petitt
Produced byBurt Kelly
Starring
Cinematography James Van Trees
Edited by Otto Meyer
Music by John Leipold
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • February 17, 1944 (1944-02-17)(United States)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nine Girls is a 1944 American mystery film directed by Leigh Jason from a screenplay by Karen DeWolf and Connie Lee, based on the 1943 play of the same name by Wilfred H. Petitt. The film stars Ann Harding, Evelyn Keyes, Jinx Falkenburg, Anita Louise, Leslie Brooks, Lynn Merrick, Jeff Donnell, Nina Foch, Shirley Mills, and Marcia Mae Jones. [1]

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Plot

Police arrive at a cabin in the woods to investigate the murder of a snooty sorority sister on initiation night. It is raining too hard for anyone to leave, and panic sets in as the sorority sisters and their house mother begin to point fingers at one another.

Cast

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References

  1. Blottner 2015, pp. 167–168.

Bibliography

  • Blottner, Gene (2015). Columbia Noir: A Complete Filmography, 1940–1962. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN   978-0-7864-7014-3.