Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

March 4th, 19601h 21min

Drama, Mystery, Thriller
73%

Overview

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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