Title: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (Never Take Sweets from a Stranger)
Release Date: 1960-03-04
IMDB ID: tt0054116
Vote Average: 7.3 (46 votes)
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.
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),
Crew:
Cyril Frankel (Director),
Anthony Hinds (Producer),
Freddie Francis (Director of Photography),
Alfred Cox (Editor),
Roger Garis (Theatre Play),
Elisabeth Lutyens (Original Music Composer),