Never Take Sweets from a Stranger(1960)

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.

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Cyril Frankel

Actors: Gwen Watford, Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis, Alison Leggatt, Bill Nagy, Michael Gwynn, Budd Knapp, MacDonald Parke, Estelle Brody

Release date: 1960-03-04

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Length: 1h 21m

Ratings:

• 7.4/10