Candleshoe (1977)

Small time crook Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor house where Lady St. Edmund resides, with three orphans and her butler Priory is the resting place for a hoard of treasure. ... See full summary »

Director:

Norman Tokar

Writers:

David Swift (screenplay), Rosemary Anne Sisson (screenplay),

Stars:

David Niven, Helen Hayes, Jodie Foster

Cast

Complete credited cast:
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

Storyline

Small time crook Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor house where Lady St. Edmund resides, with three orphans and her butler Priory is the resting place for a hoard of treasure. Unfortunately, he doesn't know where it is. Bundage recruits urchin Casey Brown to dupe Lady St. Edmund into thinking that she is her long-lost granddaughter, so she can search for clues to the location of the treasure. Unbeknownst to Bundage AND her ladyship, Lady St. Edmund is flat broke, and Priory and the children help her ladyship try to keep her home and pride. Joined by Casey, they do all the chores and Priory acts as the butler, gardener, chauffeur and an old major all at the same time!

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Plot Keywords:

treasure | butler | chauffeur | gardener | train chasing | 

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Taglines:

For 10% of the action and a red Ferrari, she'd con her own grandmother.

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Genres:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Family

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 December 1977 (USA)

Also Known As:

A kapitány kincse

Filming Locations:

Compton Winyates, Warwickshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording) (uncredited)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bruce Forsyth has said in interviews that he was an early choice to play Priory.

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Goofs

When the letter Bundage is writing to Lady St. Edmund is shown, it is clearly shorter than the text spoken in the voice over.

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Quotes

Peter: [rushes into the lake to break up the fight between Anna, Casey and Cluny] Are you all right?
Casey Brown: Yeah. Yeah, I'm OK... I'm fine!
[holds her eye and trods out of the lake]
Peter: [holds Cluny and Anna each by the arm] You two ought to be ashamed of yourselves! Two against one!
Bobby: [on the shore] Yes! And what will Grandmother say when she finds out?

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Connections

Featured in Disney Through the Decades (2001)

User Reviews

teddy and piggywig

I loved this movie as a kid and watched it so much that i had all the lines memorized and wore out the betamax tape. I love David Niven in this movie and it was actually the reason I wanted to see the David Lean movies... my favorite scene is where Lady St. Edmund and Priory share a last dance. Some of the puzzles have remained in my head (For the sunrise student there is treasure among books) and have formed a long-lasting obsession with pirate treasures and real-life hidden treasure stories (oak island and rennes-le-chateau). Too bad movies of this type are no longer being made.