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16/12/1977 Family 1h 41m
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For 10% of the action and a red Ferrari, she'd con her own grandmother.

Overview

When ex-con artist Harry 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 named Casey to impersonate the estate owner's long-lost granddaughter, Harry hopes to uncover the treasure's location. But when Casey has a change of heart, she must follow the clues and find the treasure, in order to save Candleshoe and stop Harry before it is too late.

  1. Norman Tokar

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. David Niven

    Priory

  2. Helen Hayes

    Lady St. Edmund

  3. Jodie Foster

    Casey

  4. Leo McKern

    Harry Bundage

  5. Veronica Quilligan

    Cluny

  6. Ian Sharrock

    Peter

  7. Sarah Tamakuni

    Anna

  8. David Samuels

    Bobby

  9. John Alderson

    Jenkins

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-06-04
A wonderful, gentle, spin on the "Little Lord Fauntleroy" tale with a great ensemble cast. David Niven always did thrive in the less-is-more style of acting and here it is never better displayed. Jodie Foster - an American street-urchin is engaged by unscrupulous gold-digger "Mr. Bundage" (Leo McKern) to travel to England where she is to impersonate the long lost grand-daughter of the Marchioness of St. Edmund (Helen Hayes) and help him to discover the whereabout of a hidden treasure of pirate doubloons. She duly arrives and ingratiates herself with the old woman. Soon though, she discovers th...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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