Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
7.4
“...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.
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Cast
26 people
Patrick Allen
Peter Carter
Known for
Dial M for Murder
Captain Clegg
Gwen Watford
Sally Carter
Known for
Taste the Blood of Dracula
Janina Faye
Jean Carter
Known for
The Day of the Triffids
Dracula
Felix Aylmer
Clarence Olderberry Sr.
Known for
Hamlet
The Mummy
Niall MacGinnis
Defense Counsel
Known for
Jason and the Argonauts
Night of the Demon
Michael Gwynn
Prosecutor
Known for
Village of the Damned
Jason and the Argonauts
Alison Leggatt
Martha
Known for
The Day of the Triffids
This Happy Breed
Bill Nagy
Clarence Olderberry Jr.
Known for
Goldfinger
A Countess from Hong Kong
MacDonald Parke
Judge
Known for
The Mouse That Roared
Summertime
Estelle Brody
Eunice Kalliduke
Also in
Hindle Wakes
A Broadway Romeo
Robert Arden
Tom Demarest
Known for
The Bourne Identity
The Final Conflict
Frances Green
Lucille
Cyril Frankel Director · John Hunter Screenplay Roger Garis Author
United States release August 1, 1960 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
Hammer Film Productions
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · March 4, 1960
Theatrical
United States · August 1, 1960
Theatrical
Germany
January 27, 1961 · Theatrical · Erstaufführung in der DDR am 01.02.1963
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