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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-03-04
72%
41 Votes
Time: 1h 21m
...and then he made us play that silly game...
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Top 10 Billed 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
Video Trailer Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Video: Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960 Trailer)
Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960 Trailer)
Brian Trenchard-Smith on NEVER TAKE CANDY FROM A STRANGER
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