Nine Girls

Nine Girls
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Leigh Jason
Screenplay by	Karen DeWolf Connie Lee Al Martin (adaptation)
Based on	Nine Girls by Wilfred H. Petitt
Produced by	Burt Kelly
Starring	Ann Harding Evelyn Keyes Jinx Falkenburg Anita Louise Leslie Brooks Lynn Merrick Jeff Donnell Nina Foch Shirley Mills Marcia Mae Jones
Cinematography	James Van Trees
Edited by	Otto Meyer
Music by	John Leipold
Production company	Columbia Pictures
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	February 17, 1944 (1944-02-17) (United States)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

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

• 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

References

Bibliography

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

External links

• Nine Girls at IMDb 
• Nine Girls at AllMovie
• Nine Girls at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• Nine Girls at the TCM Movie Database