Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Cyril Frankel
1960-03-04

...and then he made us play that silly game...
7.2
81 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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Patrick Allen Peter Carter Unowned
Gwen Watford Sally Carter Unowned
Janina Faye Jean Carter Unowned
Felix Aylmer Clarence Olderberry Sr. Unowned
Niall MacGinnis Defense Counsel Unowned
Michael Gwynn Prosecutor Unowned
Alison Leggatt Martha Unowned
Bill Nagy Clarence Olderberry Jr. Unowned
MacDonald Parke Judge Unowned
Estelle Brody Eunice Kalliduke Unowned
Robert Arden Tom Demarest Unowned
Frances Green Lucille Unowned
Budd Knapp Hammond Unowned
Helen Horton Sylvia Kingsley Unowned
Gaylord Cavallaro Neal Phillips Unowned
Vera Cook Mrs. Demarest Unowned
James Dyrenforth Dr. Stevens Unowned
Hazel Jennings Mrs. Olderberry Unowned
Cal McCord Charles Kalliduke Unowned
Sheila Robins Miss Jackson Unowned
Larry O'Connor Sam Kingsley Unowned
Shirley Butler Mrs. Nash Unowned
Jack Lynn Dr. Montfort Unowned
John Bloomfield Foreman of Jury Unowned
Sonia Fox Receptionist Unowned