Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger is a film from 1960. It is catalogued under Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Its listed tagline is “...and then he made us play that silly game...”

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.

TMDB records an audience rating of 7.3/10 based on 49 votes.

Release date: March 4, 1960 · Runtime: 81 minutes · Original language: English

Director: Cyril Frankel · Cast: Patrick Allen as Peter Carter, Gwen Watford as Sally Carter, Janina Faye as Jean Carter, Felix Aylmer as Clarence Olderberry Sr., Niall MacGinnis as Defense Counsel

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller