1977
G
Buena Vista Distribution Company
1 h 41 m

1977
G
Buena Vista Distribution Company
1 h 41 m

Summary 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 granddaught...

Directed By: Norman Tokar

Written By: David Swift, Rosemary Anne Sisson, Michael Innes

1977
G
Buena Vista Distribution Company
1 h 41 m

1977
G
Buena Vista Distribution Company
1 h 41 m

Candleshoe

Name: Candleshoe
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Released: 1977-12-16
Duration: 1 min 41 s
Rating: 68
Cast: Jodie Foster, David Niven, Helen Hayes, Leo McKern, Veronica Quilligan

Metascore Generally Favorable

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Directed By: Norman Tokar

Written By: David Swift, Rosemary Anne Sisson, Michael Innes

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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The New York Times

Candleshoe, with its beguiling English countryside settings, languid pace, defanged Dickensian villains, compassionate butler, down-at-the-heels nobility, hidden treasure and orphaned children engaged in a plot to outwit swindlers, keep up appearances and save the old manor from foreclosure, is the fiction of a bygone era.

By Lawrence Van Gelder FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Candleshoe isn't immobilized by wholesomeness, as Disney movies go, it's unsually spirited as well as pleasant. [11 Feb 1978, p.E1]

By Gary Arnold FULL REVIEW

Time Out

Comedy-adventure with a hit-and-miss list of Disney ingredients: street-smart (formerly 'spunky') Jodie Foster, Uncle David Niven wearing eccentric disguises, sweet Ms Hayes, winsome orphans, a slapstick climax.

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TV Guide Magazine

Fairly lackluster Disney effort is saved by Niven's great performance.

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Production Company Walt Disney Productions

Release Date Dec 16, 1977

Duration 1 h 41 m

Rating G

Genres

Tagline Laced with larceny...loaded with laughter!

Website http://movies.disney.com/candleshoe

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Top Cast

Jodie Foster

Casey

David Niven

Priory

Helen Hayes

Lady St. Edmund

Leo McKern

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

Bob Anderson

Hood

Peter Brace

Charlie

Peter Diamond

Hood

Fred Haggerty

Hood

January L'Angelle

Street Kid

Derek Martin

Policeman

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