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The Candy Man

The Candy Man

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 1, 1969

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Thriller, Crime, Drama

User Score

46%

Original Title

The Candy Man

Production Companies

Sagittarius Productions

Director

Herbert J. Leder

Description

An American actress travels to Mexico to make a movie and brings her daughter with her. Upon arriving in Mexico, she is spotted by a drug dealer who also heads a kidnapping ring. He plants one of his drug-addicted "customers" with the actress as her nanny in order to be kidnap the child for ransom, but things don't work out as planned.