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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

Drama Thriller Mystery

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

Release Date: 1960, March 4
Directors: Cyril Frankel
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Hammer Film Productions
Cast: Helen Horton, Bill Nagy, Shirley Butler, Michael Gwynn, Gwen Watford, James Dyrenforth, Felix Aylmer, Robert Arden, Niall MacGinnis, Patrick Allen, Estelle Brody, Janina Faye

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.

Keywords:

social commentary patriarch canada chase courtroom candy pedophile child molester principal