Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Movie
TitleNever Take Sweets from a Stranger
User score

7.2

Release dateMar 4, 1960
GenreDrama, Mystery, Thriller
DirectorCyril Frankel
Production countryUnited Kingdom
Production companiesHammer Film Productions
Run time81 min.

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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