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73% Critic Match
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
“...and then he made us play that silly game...”
7.3 / 10• 1960• 1h 21m•NR• English
DramaMysteryThriller
Storyline
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 & Crew
Patrick Allen
Peter Carter
Lead
Gwen Watford
Sally Carter
Janina Faye
Jean Carter
Felix Aylmer
Clarence Olderberry Sr.
Niall MacGinnis
Defense Counsel
Michael Gwynn
Prosecutor
Alison Leggatt
Martha
Bill Nagy
Clarence Olderberry Jr.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Cyril Frankel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Never Take Sweets from a Stranger is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
