Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

81 mins | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery | March 4, 1960

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.

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

81 mins | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Mystery | March 4, 1960

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Hammer Film Productions
Original title Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
Directors Tilly Day, Cyril Frankel, John Peverall
Writers Roger Garis, John Hunter

Cast

Patrick Allen

as Peter Carter

Gwen Watford

as Sally Carter

Janina Faye

as Jean Carter

Felix Aylmer

as Clarence Olderberry Sr.

Niall MacGinnis

as Defense Counsel

Michael Gwynn

as Prosecutor

Alison Leggatt

as Martha

Bill Nagy

as Clarence Olderberry Jr.

MacDonald Parke

as Judge

Estelle Brody

as Eunice Kalliduke

Robert Arden

as Tom Demarest

Frances Green

as Lucille

Budd Knapp

as Hammond

Helen Horton

as Sylvia Kingsley

Gaylord Cavallaro

as Neal Phillips

Vera Cook

as Mrs. Demarest

James Dyrenforth

as Dr. Stevens

Hazel Jennings

as Mrs. Olderberry

Cal McCord

as Charles Kalliduke

Sheila Robins

as Miss Jackson

Larry O'Connor

as Sam Kingsley

Shirley Butler

as Mrs. Nash

Jack Lynn

as Dr. Montfort

John Bloomfield

as Foreman of Jury

Sonia Fox

as Receptionist