Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
12
04/03/1960 (GB)
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
1h 21m
- 73% (44 votes)
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...and then he made us play that silly game...
Overview
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.
- Cyril FrankelDirector
- John HunterScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Keywords
- canada
- chase
- candy
- patriarch
- social commentary
- principal
- pedophile
- child molester
- courtroom
Top Billed Cast
Patrick Allen
Peter Carter
Gwen Watford
Sally Carter
Janina Faye
Jean Carter
Felix Aylmer
Clarence Olderberry Sr.
Niall MacGinnis
Defense Counsel
Michael Gwynn
Prosecutor
Alison Leggatt
Martha
Bill Nagy
Clarence Olderberry Jr.
MacDonald Parke
Judge
Estelle Brody
Eunice Kalliduke
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