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Candleshoe
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.
1977 · Directed by Norman Tokar · 101 min · Family · 9 frames
Tagline
For 10% of the action and a red Ferrari, she'd con her own grandmother.
Crew
- Screenplay: David Swift, Rosemary Anne Sisson
- Cinematography: Paul Beeson
- Edited by: Peter Boita
- Music: Ron Goodwin
- Produced by: Ron Miller
Cast
- David Niven as Priory
- Helen Hayes as Lady St. Edmund
- Jodie Foster as Casey
- Leo McKern as Bundage
- Veronica Quilligan as Cluny
- Ian Sharrock as Peter
- Sarah Tamakuni as Anna
- David Samuels as Bobby
- John Alderson as Jenkins
- Mildred Shay as Mrs. McCress
Production
- Country: United States of America, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Walt Disney Productions
- Themes: butler, bankrupt, con artist, orphan, heiress, impersonation, hidden treasure, adventure comedy, impersonation fraud, hidden clues
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