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Candleshoe
Sign in to saveCandleshoe is a 1977 American children's adventure comedy film, directed by Norman Tokar in a screenplay by David Swift and Rosemary Anne Sisson, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and distributed by Buena Vista. Based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe (1953), the film stars Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes (in her final film role), and Leo McKern. This was the last film Foster was obliged to make under her contract with Disney.
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6.9When ex-con artist Harry claims that a secret treasure is hidden inside Candleshoe, an English estate, he creates an elaborate plan to find and steal the prize. By convincing a girl named Casey to impersonate the estate owner's long-lost granddaughter, Harry hopes to uncover the treasure's location. But when Casey has a change of heart, she must follow the clues and find the treasure, in order to save Candleshoe and stop Harry before it is too late.
Cast
- David Niven as Priory
- Helen Hayes as Lady St. Edmund
- Jodie Foster as Casey
- Leo McKern as Harry Bundage
- Veronica Quilligan as Cluny
- Ian Sharrock as Peter
Themes
- butler
- bankrupt
- con artist
- orphan
- heiress
- impersonation
- hidden treasure
- adventure comedy
- impersonation fraud
- hidden clues
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Candleshoe
- Film.image
- Candleshoe.png
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Norman Tokar
- Film.producer
- Ron Miller
- Film.based_on
- Christmas at Candleshoeby Michael Innes
- Film.music
- Ron Goodwin
- Film.cinematography
- Paul Beeson
- Film.editing
- Peter Boita
- Film.studio
- Walt Disney Productions
- Film.distributor
- Buena Vista Distribution
- Film.runtime
- 101 minutes
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
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Candleshoe is a 1977 American children's adventure comedy film, directed by Norman Tokar in a screenplay by David Swift and Rosemary Anne Sisson, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and distributed by Buena Vista. Based on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe (1953), the film stars Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes (in her final film role), and Leo McKern. This was the last film Foster was obliged to make under her contract with Disney.
==Plot== Con-artist Harry Bundage (McKern) believes that the lost treasure of pirate Captain Joshua St. Edmund is hidden at Candleshoe, the large country estate of Lady St. Edmund (Hayes). Thanks to Harry's cousin Clara (Vivian Pickles), a corrupt former cleaning woman at Candleshoe, Harry has the captain's first clue. Harry recruits streetsmart American foster child Casey Brown (Foster), employing her to pose as Lady St. Edmund's granddaughter, the Honourable Margaret, 4th Marchioness of Candleshoe, who disappeared ten years ago at age four. Casey is the right age to pass for the longlost Margaret and possesses two identifying scars that young Margaret was known to have. Casey agrees to go along with the con and discover further clues in exchange for a cut of the profits.
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