Candleshoe
For 10% of the action and a red Ferrari, she'd con her own grandmother.
1977 | 101m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Norman Tokar |
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| Writer: | David Swift, Rosemary Anne Sisson, Michael Innes |
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| When 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 16, 1977 |
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| Director: | Norman Tokar |
| Writer: | David Swift, Rosemary Anne Sisson, Michael Innes |
| Genres: | Family |
| Keywords | butler, country estate, con artist, orphan, heiress, hidden treasure |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| David Niven | Priory |
| Helen Hayes | Lady St. Edmund |
| Jodie Foster | Casey |
| Leo McKern | Harry Bundage |
| Veronica Quilligan | Cluny |
| Ian Sharrock | Peter |
| Sarah Tamakuni | Anna |
| David Samuels | Bobby |
| John Alderson | Jenkins |
| Mildred Shay | Mrs. McCress |
| Michael Balfour | Mr. McCress |
| Sydney Bromley | Mr. Thresher |
| Michael Segal | Train Guard |
| Vivian Pickles | Grimsworthy |
| Eddie Powell | Hood (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Norman Tokar | Director |
| Julie Harris | Costume Designer |
| David Swift | Screenplay |
| Peter Best | Sound Editor |
| Bob Anderson | Stunt Coordinator |
| Rosemary Anne Sisson | Screenplay |
| Peter Boita | Editor |
| Michael Innes | Novel |
| Paul Beeson | Director of Photography |
| Robin Douet | Production Manager |
| Martin Atkinson | Set Dresser |
| Jack Causey | Assistant Director |
| Maude Spector | Casting |
| Joan Carpenter | Hairdresser |
| Ken Barker | Sound Recordist |
| Ron Goodwin | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| Anthony Squire | Second Unit Director |
| Cliff Culley | Special Effects |
| Georgiana Hamilton | Continuity |
| Roy Ashton | Makeup Artist |
| Joyce Wood | Hairdresser |
| Albert Witherick | Art Direction |
| Ray Sturgess | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Godfrey A. Godar | Camera Operator |
| Jake Wright | Location Manager |
| Bob Lawrance | Makeup Artist |
| Claude Hitchcock | Sound Recordist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ron Miller | Producer |
| Hugh Attwooll | Associate Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 18 | 30 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 10 |
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| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 5 | 756 | 756 |
I enjoyed this. <em>'Candleshoe'</em> starts in a greater manner than it finishes, but the full duration is entertaining. The early scenes are, for this era of Disney live-action at least, actually quite unusual, I wasn't fully sure where the story was going at first - which is a positive. Once e ... verything becomes clearer, it does lose the slight edge it has at the beginning. The cast, meanwhile, are very good. Jodie Foster (Casey) gives another strong performance from her early years, while David Niven is excellent as Priory. Leo McKern is also splendid in his role as Harry. They all work together really well. Elsewhere, you have some nice music from Ron Goodwin. My only criticism would be the end few scenes, which round off all too quickly and don't show important parts to portray how they exactly got to where they are; notably between Casey and Gwendolyn. That aside, I'd certainly recommend this.
A wonderful, gentle, spin on the "Little Lord Fauntleroy" tale with a great ensemble cast. David Niven always did thrive in the less-is-more style of acting and here it is never better displayed. Jodie Foster - an American street-urchin is engaged by unscrupulous gold-digger "Mr. Bundage" (Leo McKer ... n) to travel to England where she is to impersonate the long lost grand-daughter of the Marchioness of St. Edmund (Helen Hayes) and help him to discover the whereabout of a hidden treasure of pirate doubloons. She duly arrives and ingratiates herself with the old woman. Soon though, she discovers that much of it is a façade; the house is mortgaged to the hilt with the delightful Niven ("Priory") being butler, gardener, chauffeur - just about everything as they attempt to keep the alarming truth of their fiscal predicament from Hayes. As you might expect, Foster turns tables on her crooked mentor and what follows is a fun, comedy adventure with a suitably happy ending. It's all done in the best tradition of Disney - an engaging and light-hearted celebration of decency and humanity winning out...