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6.4/10   1,458 votes
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Director:
Writers:
David Swift (screenplay) and
Rosemary Anne Sisson (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 December 1977 (USA) more
Tagline:
Their Family Fortune Is Bigger Than They Imagined! more
Plot:
Small time crook Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor house where Lady St. Edmund resides, with... more | full synopsis
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Cast

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David Niven ... Priory
Helen Hayes ... Lady St. Edmund

Jodie Foster ... Casey
Leo McKern ... Harold W. 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
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Additional Details

Runtime:
101 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

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[last lines]
Casey Brown: What if your real granddaughter comes back?
Lady St. Edmund: Perhaps she has.
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15 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
I Love It, 27 June 2000
Author: Anya-fan from USA

I'm not sure exactly why I love this film so much. It's not like it has shockingly wonderful performances, story, or setting. But it never fails to warm my heart and make me smile.

Fans of Jodie Foster will recognize her as the young teenage star of this film. She plays Casey, a foster child and juvenile delinquent. A British con man recognizes her as being strikingly similar to a young heiress who disappeared years earlier and offers her anything she wants if she will pretend to be the missing girl. He is certain that there is a treasure hidden in the house of the girl's grandmother, and he wants Casey to find it for him.

The story of how Casey becomes a part of this odd British family is heartwarming and sweet. It is classic Disney fare, without the pathetic romance that often destroys modern Disney films.

Watch this film if only for David Niven's performance as the butler, gardener, grandmother's best friend, and chauffeur.

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