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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

Drama Mystery Thriller

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.

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Runtime: 81 mins Rating: 7.6 Tag Line: ...and then he made us play that silly game...

Cast

Bill Nagy

Clarence Olderberry Jr.

Michael Gwynn

Prosecutor

Alison Leggatt

Martha

Gwen Watford

Sally Carter

Patrick Allen

Peter Carter

Felix Aylmer

Clarence Olderberry Sr.

Niall MacGinnis

Defense Counsel

MacDonald Parke

Judge

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Crew

Freddie Francis

Director of Photography

Michael Carreras

Executive Producer

Anthony Nelson Keys

Associate Producer

Don Mingaye

Art Direction

Roy Ashton

Makeup Artist

Bernard Robinson

Art Direction

Anthony Hinds

Producer

James Needs

Supervising Editor

Freddie Francis

Director of Photography

Michael Carreras

Executive Producer

Anthony Nelson Keys

Associate Producer

Don Mingaye

Art Direction

Roy Ashton

Makeup Artist

Bernard Robinson

Art Direction

Anthony Hinds

Producer

James Needs

Supervising Editor

Alfred Cox

Editor

Cyril Frankel

Director

John Hunter

Screenplay

Roger Garis

Theatre Play

Elisabeth Lutyens

Original Music Composer

Clifford Parkes

Production Manager

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