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Never Take Sweets from a S...
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
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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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Mar 4, 1960
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
User Score
72%
Original Title
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Production Companies
Hammer Film Productions
Director
Cyril Frankel
Description
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.