Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
March 4, 1960
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
1h 21m
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...and then he made us play that silly game...
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Cyril Frankel
- Peter Carter Patrick Allen
- Sally Carter Gwen Watford
- Jean Carter Janina Faye
- Clarence Olderberry Sr. Felix Aylmer
- Defense Counsel Niall MacGinnis
- Prosecutor Michael Gwynn
- Martha Alison Leggatt
- Clarence Olderberry Jr. Bill Nagy
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Keywords
- canada
- chase
- candy
- patriarch
- social commentary
- principal
- pedophile
- child molester
- courtroom