Never Take Sweets from a Stranger poster

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger( 1960)

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...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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Patrick Allen

      Peter Carter

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      Gwen Watford

      Sally Carter

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      Janina Faye

      Jean Carter

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      Felix Aylmer

      Clarence Olderberry Sr.

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      Niall MacGinnis

      Defense Counsel

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      Michael Gwynn

      Prosecutor

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      Alison Leggatt

      Martha

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      Bill Nagy

      Clarence Olderberry Jr.

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      MacDonald Parke

      Judge

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      Estelle Brody

      Eunice Kalliduke

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      Robert Arden

      Tom Demarest

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      Frances Green

      Lucille

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      Budd Knapp

      Hammond

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      Helen Horton

      Sylvia Kingsley

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      Gaylord Cavallaro

      Neal Phillips

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      Vera Cook

      Mrs. Demarest

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      James Dyrenforth

      Dr. Stevens

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      Hazel Jennings

      Mrs. Olderberry

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      Cal McCord

      Charles Kalliduke

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      Sheila Robins

      Miss Jackson

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      Larry O'Connor

      Sam Kingsley

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      Shirley Butler

      Mrs. Nash

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      Jack Lynn

      Dr. Montfort

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      John Bloomfield

      Foreman of Jury

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      Sonia Fox

      Receptionist

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      Peter Carlisle

      Usher

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Sun Jul 21 2019
    I don't know who's more dangerous, you or your father? Never Take Sweets from a Stranger is directed by Cyril Frankel and written by John Hunter who adapts from the play Pony Cart written by Roger Garis. It stars Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye, Felix Aylmer, Michael Gwynn, Alison Leggatt and Niall MacGinnis. Music is by Elisabeth Lutyns and John Hollingsworth and Megascope cinematography by Freddie Francis. British family the Carter's have emigrated to small town Canada and are rocked when it is revealed that 9 year old Jean (Faye), and her friend Lucille (Frances Green), were ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Keywords

    • canada
    • chase
    • candy
    • patriarch
    • social commentary
    • principal
    • pedophile
    • child molester
    • courtroom