Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
“...and then he made us play that silly game...”
Movie19601h 21mEnglish
Our verdict
Worth watching
Well received by most viewers.
Based on the TMDB audience score from 49 ratings.
Movie review: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
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...”
Story
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.
Audience reaction
TMDB records an audience rating of 7.3/10 based on 49 votes.
Production
Release date: March 4, 1960 · Runtime: 81 minutes · Original language: English
Official trailer
Cast
Patrick Allen
Gwen Watford
Janina Faye
Felix Aylmer
Niall MacGinnis
Michael Gwynn
Alison Leggatt
Bill Nagy
MacDonald Parke
Estelle Brody
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