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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

...and then he made us play that silly game...

81 minDramaMysteryThriller
TMDb7.3/1048 votes

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.

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Cyril Frankel

Cast

Patrick Allen as Peter Carter

Patrick Allen

Peter Carter

Gwen Watford as Sally Carter

Gwen Watford

Sally Carter

Janina Faye as Jean Carter

Janina Faye

Jean Carter

Felix Aylmer as Clarence Olderberry Sr.

Felix Aylmer

Clarence Olderberry Sr.

Niall MacGinnis as Defense Counsel

Niall MacGinnis

Defense Counsel

Michael Gwynn as Prosecutor

Michael Gwynn

Prosecutor

Alison Leggatt as Martha

Alison Leggatt

Martha

Bill Nagy as Clarence Olderberry Jr.

Bill Nagy

Clarence Olderberry Jr.

MacDonald Parke as Judge

MacDonald Parke

Judge

Estelle Brody as Eunice Kalliduke

Estelle Brody

Eunice Kalliduke

Robert Arden as Tom Demarest

Robert Arden

Tom Demarest

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Frances Green

Lucille

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Budd Knapp

Hammond

Helen Horton as Sylvia Kingsley

Helen Horton

Sylvia Kingsley

Keywords

Plot:chasecandypatriarchsocial commentaryprincipalpedophilechild molester
Place:canadacourtroom

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