Child's Play (1972)

Directed by

Sidney Lumet

Genre

drama film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 55 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A new gym teacher arrives at a Catholic boys' boarding school. He gets caught in a long-standing feud between two teachers. The conflict reveals dark secrets and unsettling behavior among the staff and students.

tenseclaustrophobicbroodingunsettlingdeliberatesuspensefulgrimcharacter-driven

What happens

Child's Play is a 1972 American psychological thriller film film directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring James Mason, Robert Preston, and Beau Bridges. Based on the 1970 play of the same name by Robert Marasco, it follows a newly-hired gym teacher at a Catholic boys' boarding school who becomes embroiled in a bitter dispute between two older teachers, exposing sinister goings-on within the school. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on December 12, 1972. Mason's performance was nominated for a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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