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Candleshoe is a 1977 American children's adventure comedy film, directed by Norman Tokar in a screenplay by David Swift and Rosemary Anne Sisson, produced by Walt Disney Productions, and distributed by Buena Vista.
A young orphan and a con man try to trick an old lady out of her treasure at a haunted manor in England. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this Disney film.
- (5K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Norman Tokar
- 1978-03
Welcome to Candleshoe, a stately English manor where a swashbuckling pirate hid a fortune in Spanish doubloons centuries ago...and that's what young orphan Casey (Jodie Foster) and a sly con man (Leo McKern) are determined to find. But first, Casey must dupe Candleshoe's widowed owner into believing she's her long-lost granddaughter.
When ex-con artist Harry (Leo McKern) 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...
- (150)
- Norman Tokar
- G
- David Niven
Release Date: December 16, 1977. Genre: Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery. Welcome to Candleshoe, a stately English manor where a swashbuckling pirate hid a fortune in Spanish doubloons centuries ago. And that's what young orphan Casey and a sly con man are determined to find.
- Norman Tokar
- Sarah Tamakuni
Film Details. MPAA Rating. Genre. Comedy. Children. Release Date. 1977. Technical Specs. Duration. 1h 41m. Sound. Mono. Color (Technicolor) Theatrical Aspect Ratio. 1.66 : 1. TCM Emails. A street urchin infiltrates a noblewoman's impoverished household in search of hidden treasure.
Candleshoe is a movie about a girl who pretends to be a rich heiress to find a hidden treasure in an English estate. She must outsmart a con artist and save the family home from being robbed.