Never Take Candy From A Stranger (1960)
Also known as Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
1960 · Feature film · 81 min · dir. Cyril Frankel
...and then he made us play that silly game...
- Drama
- Mystery
- Thriller
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Cyril Frankel
- Writer
- John Hunter
- Composer
- Elisabeth Lutyens
- Cinematography
- Freddie Francis
- Studio
- Hammer Film Productions
- Released
- 1960-03-04
- Running time
- 81 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- Feature Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Cyril Frankel
- Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
- Hammer Films
Cast & crew
- Cyril Frankel Director
Patrick Allen
Gwen Watford
Janina Faye
Felix Aylmer
Niall MacGinnis
Michael Gwynn
Alison Leggatt
Bill Nagy
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · Amazing · RDominguez · 2023-04-26
This is one of the best version of this kind of story I have ever seen. The acting is stupendous, the story builds suspense beautifully right to the very end. The script is among the best I have seen, well worth a watch for anyone who enjoys a well done movie.
★★★★★ · Off Topic · 3ravens · 2024-09-15
This movie strikes a chord with me. I used to work at a nursing home that was bought by a big company. They made a fortune taking in people refused by other facilities. One of them became a one on one, because he sexually abused the female residents. Once a little girl came to visit a relative, and he began acting very strange. He told me things I didn't like hearing. The owners didn't want one on ones, they said it wasted their money. A nurse who was in trouble agreed to take him on her wing. She would cover up what he did so they could say it was just a misunderstanding and let him roam…
★★★★ · Genuinely Terrifying · rewolfson · 2023-12-25
Made by Hammer Films and more frightening than any of their horror movies. This one involves real, human monsters, those suffering illness and those unwilling to confront it. A taut, well-acted and directed nightmare.