TMDb Rating
7.3/10
46 verified votes
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
DramaMysteryThriller
81 min
"...and then he made us play that silly game..."
Plot Summary
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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DramaMysteryThrillerCyril FrankelPatrick AllenGwen Watford1960
Director
Cyril Frankel
Top Cast
Patrick AllenGwen WatfordJanina FayeFelix AylmerNiall MacGinnis
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