Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

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.

Directed by Cyril Frankel

Top cast

Patrick Allen

Peter Carter

Gwen Watford

Sally Carter

Janina Faye

Jean Carter

Felix Aylmer

Clarence Olderberry Sr.

Niall MacGinnis

Defense Counsel

Michael Gwynn

Prosecutor

Alison Leggatt

Martha

Bill Nagy

Clarence Olderberry Jr.

MacDonald Parke

Judge

Estelle Brody

Eunice Kalliduke

Robert Arden

Tom Demarest

F

Frances Green

Lucille

B

Budd Knapp

Hammond

Helen Horton

Sylvia Kingsley

G

Gaylord Cavallaro

Neal Phillips

V

Vera Cook

Mrs. Demarest

J

James Dyrenforth

Dr. Stevens

H

Hazel Jennings

Mrs. Olderberry

C

Cal McCord

Charles Kalliduke

S

Sheila Robins

Miss Jackson

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