Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
DramaMysteryThriller

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

1960
81 min
7.3
73.0%
User Score
(45 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.

DIRECTED BY

Cyril Frankel

STARRING

Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis

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Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960 Trailer)
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Cast

Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Peter Carter

Gwen Watford

Gwen Watford

Sally Carter

Janina Faye

Janina Faye

Jean Carter

Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer

Clarence Olderberry Sr.

Niall MacGinnis

Niall MacGinnis

Defense Counsel

Michael Gwynn

Michael Gwynn

Prosecutor

Alison Leggatt

Alison Leggatt

Martha

Bill Nagy

Bill Nagy

Clarence Olderberry Jr.

MacDonald Parke

MacDonald Parke

Judge

Estelle Brody

Estelle Brody

Eunice Kalliduke

Robert Arden

Robert Arden

Tom Demarest

Frances Green

Lucille