Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960
...and then he made us play that silly game...
Directed by Cyril Frankel
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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.
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- Director
- Cyril Frankel
- Written by
- John Hunter
- Produced by
- Anthony Hinds
- Composer
- Elisabeth Lutyens
- Cinematographer
- Freddie Francis
- Editor
- Alfred Cox
- Studio
- Hammer Film Productions
- Origin countries
- United Kingdom, United States
- Production country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 21m
- Language
- en
- Also known as
- Never Take Candy from a Stranger
- TMDB
- 7.3/10 (47 votes)
- IMDb
- 7.4/10 (2,110 votes)
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
Robert Arden
Tom Demarest
Frances Green
Lucille
Budd Knapp
Hammond
Helen Horton
Sylvia Kingsley
Gaylord Cavallaro
Neal Phillips
Vera Cook
Mrs. Demarest
James Dyrenforth
Dr. Stevens
Hazel Jennings
Mrs. Olderberry
