
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 ... (Full plot summary below)
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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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| The New York TimesLawrence Van GelderCandleshoe, 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. |
| Washington PostGary ArnoldComedy-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. |
| User ReviewKatherine MLittle known Disney movie, typically cheesie. But it's been my favourite since grade 5. |
| User ReviewAllan CA classic film showing how a girl in a bad situation being naughty can be changed when the situation changes and starts being good. Shows how great an actress Jodie Foster was and still is. |
| User ReviewJessica SThis one holds great memories for me. I love the cartoon that was either at the end or beginning too. |
| User ReviewDanny SHelen Hayes, Jodie Foster and David Niven all in one film, it has a great chance of being an entertaining film! It is! |
| User ReviewT TimeI love this movie. It's like a Disney crossed with Indiana Jones. I have this DVD. |
| User ReviewSteven Wgood one. i love the old disney "live" features |
| User ReviewSabine WA TRUE DISNEY CLASSIC. The best of all time!!!!! |
| User ReviewJason CA classic film showing how a girl in a bad situation being naughty can be changed when the situation changes and starts being good. Shows how great an actress Jodie Foster was and still is. |