Never Take Sweets from a Stranger(Movie, 1960)

Name: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1960
Duration: T01:21:00
Rating: 3.6

1h 21min | Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 18 votes)

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (released in the United States as Never Take Candy from a Stranger) is a 1960 British thriller drama film, directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye and Felix Aylmer. The screenplay was by John Hunter based on the 1954 play The Pony Trap by Roger Garis. It was produced by Hammer Films. The twin themes of the film are paedophilia and child sexual abuse, and the way in which those with sufficient pull can corrupt and manipulate the legal system to evade responsibility for their actions. The film is regarded as bold and uncompromising for its time. ()

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About Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

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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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Plays in: Canada

Made by: Hammer Film Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 10 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 08/01/1960 (World premiere: 03/04/1960)

Cast: Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford

Director: Cyril Frankel

Producer: Anthony Hinds

Director of Photography: Freddie Francis

Composer: Elisabeth Lutyens

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Vertraue keinem Fremden"

"Nunca aceptes dulces de un extraño"

"Never Take Candy from a Stranger"

Keywords: principal, courtroom, chase, candy, social commentary, child molester, canada, pedophile, patriarch

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger(Movie, 1960)

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