Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
...and then he made us play that silly game...
- Released
- Runtime 1h 21m
- Director Cyril Frankel
- Genres Drama Mystery Thriller
- Rating 7.3/10 (48 votes)
Synopsis
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
as Peter Carter
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Gwen Watford
as Sally Carter
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Janina Faye
as Jean Carter
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Felix Aylmer
as Clarence Olderberry Sr.
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Niall MacGinnis
as Defense Counsel
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Michael Gwynn
as Prosecutor
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Alison Leggatt
as Martha
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Bill Nagy
as Clarence Olderberry Jr.
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MacDonald Parke
as Judge
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Estelle Brody
as Eunice Kalliduke
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Robert Arden
as Tom Demarest
- Frances Green as Lucille
- Budd Knapp as Hammond
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Helen Horton
as Sylvia Kingsley
- Gaylord Cavallaro as Neal Phillips
- Vera Cook as Mrs. Demarest
- James Dyrenforth as Dr. Stevens
- Hazel Jennings as Mrs. Olderberry
Crew
- Cyril Frankel Director
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Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
- Alfred Cox Editor
- Elisabeth Lutyens Original Music Composer
- Anthony Hinds Producer
- John Hunter Screenplay
