Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

Directed by

Cyril Frankel

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

16

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family moves to a small Canadian town where their young daughter is sexually abused by an influential older man. When they try to seek justice, they find the legal system is corrupted and works to protect the abuser.

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What happens

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (U.S. title: Never Take Candy from a Stranger) is a 1960 British thriller drama film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye and Felix Aylmer. The screenplay was by John Hunter based on the 1954 play The Pony Cart by Roger Garis. It was produced by Hammer Films (in "HammerScope"), The twin themes of the film are paedophilia and child sexual abuse, and the way in which those with sufficient influence can corrupt and manipulate the legal system to evade responsibility for their actions. The film is regarded as bold and uncompromising for its time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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