Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Drama · Mystery · Thriller
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 as Peter Carter
- Gwen Watford as Sally Carter
- Janina Faye as Jean Carter
- Felix Aylmer as Clarence Olderberry Sr.
- Niall MacGinnis as Defense Counsel
- Michael Gwynn as Prosecutor
- Alison Leggatt as Martha
- Bill Nagy as Clarence Olderberry Jr.
- MacDonald Parke as Judge
- Estelle Brody as Eunice Kalliduke