...and then he made us play that silly game...
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.
- 7.3
- 1960
- Released
- 1h 21m
Patrick Allen
Peter Carter
Gwen Watford
Sally Carter
Janina Faye
Jean Carter
Felix Aylmer
Clarence Olderberry Sr.
Niall MacGinnis
Defense Counsel
Michael Gwynn
Prosecutor
Alison Leggatt
Martha
Bill Nagy
Clarence Olderberry Jr.
MacDonald Parke
Judge
Estelle Brody
Eunice Kalliduke
Robert Arden
Tom Demarest
Frances Green
LucilleBudd Knapp
Hammond
Helen Horton
Sylvia KingsleyGaylord Cavallaro
Neal PhillipsVera Cook
Mrs. DemarestJames Dyrenforth
Dr. StevensHazel Jennings
Mrs. OlderberryCal McCord
Charles KallidukeSheila Robins
Miss JacksonLarry O'Connor
Sam KingsleyShirley Butler
Mrs. NashJack Lynn
Dr. MontfortSonia Fox
ReceptionistPeter Carlisle
Usher
Released
en
- #canada
- #chase
- #candy
- #patriarch
- #social commentary
- #principal
- #pedophile
- #child molester
- #courtroom
Reviews
I don't know who's more dangerous, you or your father? Never Take Sweets from a Stranger is directed by Cyril Frankel and written by John Hunter who adapts from the play Pony Cart written by Roger Garis. It stars Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye, Felix Aylmer, Michael Gwynn, Alison Leggatt and Niall MacGinnis. Music is by Elisabeth Lutyns and John Hollingsworth and Megascope cinematogr