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Storyline

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.

Released

1960-03-04
Revenue

n/a
Budget

n/a
Runtime

1hr 21m
Genre

Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Status

Released
Language

English
7.4
Production

Hammer Film Productions

Crew

Cyril Frankel

Director

John Hunter

Screenplay

Anthony Hinds

Producer

Keywords:

canada chase candy patriarch social commentary principal pedophile child molester courtroom

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Cast

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

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MacDonald Parke

Judge

Estelle Brody

Eunice Kalliduke

Robert Arden

Tom Demarest

Frances Green

Lucille

Budd Knapp

Hammond

Helen Horton

Sylvia Kingsley

Gaylord Cavallaro

Neal Phillips

Vera Cook

Mrs. Demarest

James Dyrenforth

Dr. Stevens

Hazel Jennings

Mrs. Olderberry

Cal McCord

Charles Kalliduke

Sheila Robins

Miss Jackson

Larry O'Connor

Sam Kingsley

Shirley Butler

Mrs. Nash

Jack Lynn

Dr. Montfort

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Receptionist

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Movie Reviews

Reviews for Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

A Review by John Chard 8

Written by John Chard on 2019-07-21

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 Joh... read more

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 cinematography by Freddie Francis. British family the Carter's have emigrated to small town Canada and are rocked when it is revealed that 9 year old Jean (Faye), and her friend Lucille (Frances Green), were asked to dance naked for candy at the home of elderly Clarence Olderberry Senior. Filing an official complaint, parents Peter (Allen) & Sally (Watford) are astounded to find the town's denizens are reluctant to believe the Carter's take on things. It becomes apparent that the Olderberry family were instrumental in the building of the town and the family has much power within it. With the town closing ranks on the British outsiders, there's a real chance that a suspected paedophile will go unpunished and maybe strike again? Thought provoking and intelligent handling of sensitive material, Hammer's Never Take Sweets from a Stranger has finally garnered the credit it deserves. Back on release the taboo subject of the plot ensured the film was mostly shunned, with bad marketing also proving to be a hindrance. However, it is ahead of its time in many ways, Frankel's (School for Scoundrels) picture manages to gnaw away at the senses with its calm and measured approach work. Francis' (The Innocents) black and white photography a clinical ally to the realism wrung out by Frankel. The alienation of the Carter family is steadily built up, the small town mentality to strangers in their little world unspools calmly by way of credible acting and believable passages of dialogue. By the time the last third arrives, the frustration of the Carter's is shared by the viewers, things get legal and gripping, and then it's the uncoiling of the spring to unleash the denouement. Point made, a message movie of some standing, monsters in our midst indeed. Not merely the predators preying on our children, but also the guilty around them, ignorance most definitely isn't bliss. 8.5/10

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A Review by John Chard

A Review by John Chard 8

Written by John Chard on 2019-07-21

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...