Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Name: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 04 Mar 1960
Rating: 7.26
Cast: Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis

...and then he made us play that silly game... 1960-03-04 United Kingdom 81 minutes.

7.26 44 votes

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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.

Year 1960

Studio Hammer Film Productions

Director Cyril Frankel

Crew Cyril Frankel (Director), Anthony Hinds (Producer), Freddie Francis (Director of Photography), Alfred Cox (Editor), Roger Garis (Theatre Play), Elisabeth Lutyens (Original Music Composer)

Popularity 1

Language English