Nine Girls

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.

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

Ann Harding as Gracie Thornton

Evelyn Keyes as Mary O'Ryan

Jinx Falkenburg as Jane Peters

Anita Louise as Paula Canfield

Leslie Brooks as Roberta Halloway

Lynn Merrick as Eve Sharon

Jeff Donnell as "Butch" Hendricks

Nina Foch as Alice Blake

Shirley Mills as "Tennessee" Collingwood

Marcia Mae Jones as Shirley Berke

Willard Robertson as Capt. Brooks

William Demarest as Walter Cummings

Lester Matthews as Horace Canfield

Grady Sutton as photographer

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1944 films

1944 mystery films

1940s American films

1940s English-language films

American black-and-white films

American films based on plays

American mystery films

Columbia Pictures films

Films about fraternities and sororities

Films directed by Leigh Jason

Films scored by John Leipold

Murder mystery films