Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
“...and then he made us play that silly game...”
1960•1h 21m•7.3•Released
DramaMysteryThriller
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.
Director
Cyril Frankel
Writer
John Hunter
Languages
English
Studio
Hammer Film Productions
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
Production
Company
Hammer Film Productions
Producer
Anthony Hinds
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