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Title: Candleshoe (1977)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| David Niven | ... | Priory | |
| Helen Hayes | ... | Lady St. Edmund | |
| Jodie Foster | ... | Casey | |
| Leo McKern | ... | Bundage | |
| Veronica Quilligan | ... | Cluny | |
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Ian Sharrock | ... | Peter |
| Sarah Tamakuni | ... | Anna | |
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David Samuels | ... | Bobby |
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John Alderson | ... | Jenkins |
| Mildred Shay | ... | Mrs. McCress | |
| Michael Balfour | ... | Mr. McCress | |
| Sydney Bromley | ... | Mr. Thresher | |
| Michael Segal | ... | Train Guard | |
| Vivian Pickles | ... | Grimsworthy | |
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! Written by David A Sparling <d.a.sparling@bradford.ac.uk>
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I'm not a JODIE FOSTER fan, but she's well cast as the tomboy posing as a wealthy aristocrat's long lost daughter, really on a mission to discover where the wealth is hidden.
David NIVEN is the aristocrat's butler, but forced to assume many different disguises to keep HELEN HAYES from realizing that she has almost no household staff other than him. Seems they are facing hard times just keeping up with the payments on the castle called "Candleshoe," an elegant British house in the countryside that provides a handsome setting for the story.
Foster, Niven and Hayes give delightful performances and keep the film going whenever it runs out of steam--which, unfortunately, happens toward the end when the slapstick becomes something better left to the likes of a Buster Keaton or a Charlie Chaplin.
Neverthelss, kids and adults will be drawn into the story, deftly played and well directed with enough humor and excitement to keep any viewer interested until the wacky finale.
And that "Candleshoe" house is something to see. As Jodie Foster says, "What a shack!"