Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

7.3/10 81 min Drama Mystery Thriller

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.

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

Helen Horton

Sylvia Kingsley

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