Candleshoe DVD cover

Candleshoe is a 1977 Walt Disney Productions live action movie starring Jodie Foster as Casey Brown, Helen Hayes as Lady St. Edmund (in her last screen appearance), David Niven as Priory (as well as Colonel Dennis and Mr. Gipping), and Leo McKern as Harry Bundage. Image File history File links Candleshoe_DVD.jpg‎ This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the DVD in question. ... Image File history File links Candleshoe_DVD.jpg‎ This image is of a DVD cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the DVD or the studio which produced the DVD in question. ... Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Walt Disney Pictures logo (2006-present) Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: // Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of... A family film is a film genre that, like a childrens film, is suitable for young children, but with the difference that a family film has been carefully written, directed, cast and acted so that it will appeal to all members of a typical family (or if not typical... Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director, and producer. ... Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. ... David Niven (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983) was an Academy Award-winning British actor. ... Image:Number Two. ...

Candleshoe is based (fairly loosely) on the Michael Innes novel Christmas at Candleshoe. Michael Innes was the pseudonym of an Oxford academic, J. I. M. Stewart (1906–1994), under which name he wrote about forty crime novels between 1936 and 1986. ...

Plot

Con-artist, Harry Bundage discovers that there is a great treasure located somewhere around the residence where Lady St. Edmund lives - the estate of "Candleshoe". To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup because it is in list format. ... Treasure Originates from the Greek work the(from Greek θησαυρος; thesaurus, meaning a treasure of words, is a cognate) is a concentration of riches, often one which is considered lost or forgotten until being rediscovered. ...

Harry recruits American Jodie Foster, who until then was a street kid, into the plot employing her to pose as Lady St. Edmund's estranged grand-daughter. Lady St. Edmund, however, is poor and owes money in back taxes to the government. Priory, her butler (who is forced to pose as a gardener and gentleman Colonel), as well as some local orphan children, help keep the estate finances one step ahead of the government by selling produce made on the estate. All of this happens under the nose of Lady St. Edmund. Initially Casey enters the con attempting to find the location of the treasure but, over time, her affections turn towards that of the household and Lady St. Edmund. She eventually joins them in attempting to undercover Lady St. Edmund's treasure for the benefit of Candleshoe and not Bundage. Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress, director, and producer. ... Helen Hayes (October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actress whose successful and award-winning career spanned almost 70 years. ... David Niven (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983) was an Academy Award-winning British actor. ... The butler is a senior servant in a large household. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ...

The four clues revealed in the hunt for the treasure are:

• For the sunrise student there is treasure among books.
• The paths of glory lead but to the grave. (A reference to the poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray.)
• He followed the eclipse for riches and fame, and if ye would prosper, do ye the same.
• The final clue is found in a painting of Captain Joshua which says to look underfoot in the great hall.

Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771), English poet, classical scholar, and professor of history at Cambridge University. ... Thomas Gray Thomas Gray (December 26, 1716 – July 30, 1771), was an English poet, classical scholar and professor of history at Cambridge University. ...

External links

• Candleshoe at the Internet Movie Database