A replacement with a foil capacitor usually works, if there is enough space. I would look for MKS type as that is often the smallest size and the electrolytic capacitor anyway has poor DA and series resistor. So no need for a low loss cap like PP. For this special type one may have to look for sufficient riplle current rating, which may exclude the smallest form factor.
I agree with JZX: a bad part in the defelction circuit would cause a geometry problem / image distortion, but not an intensity problem.
The shaddow following a sharp contrast is more a thing of signal reflection. A classical case was a problem (impedance mismatch and thus reflection) in the antenna cable. If this is with a PAL signal, it could in theory be the delay line, though this should be more a color issue than.