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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.

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Cyril Frankel

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Drama, Horror, Mystery

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(DISTANT TRAIN HORN) - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

(DISTANT TRAIN HORN)

Stop! Stop! Help!
I've dropped my purse. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Stop! Stop! Help! I've dropped my purse.

This isn't an ordinary crime like burglary or a hold up - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

This isn't an ordinary crime like burglary or a hold up

Pete! - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Say, Mac, you want
some fancy reading? - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Say, Mac, you want some fancy reading?

- Little girl.
- Yes? - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

- Little girl. - Yes?

What did you find out? - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

What did you find out?

(DOORBELL RINGING) - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

(DOORBELL RINGING)

Goodbye, Demarest. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Goodbye, Demarest.

Can I speak to Mr
Richard Olderberry, please? - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Can I speak to Mr Richard Olderberry, please?

(CHATTERING) - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

You just tell your story like you
told it to your mother and me at home. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

You just tell your story like you told it to your mother and...

I think I'll sit here. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

I think I'll sit here.

Don't you worry, Dad.
Everything's going to be fine. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Don't you worry, Dad. Everything's going to be fin...

I had a word with the judge. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

I had a word with the judge.

May I ask my learned friend why this
paper was handed to him instead of to me? - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

May I ask my learned friend why this paper was handed to him...

My Lord, may my witness be seated? - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

My Lord, may my witness be seated?

- Mr Carter?
- No, thanks. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

- Mr Carter? - No, thanks.

-(GIRLS LAUGHING)
- Gosh, you nearly ran me over. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

-(GIRLS LAUGHING) - Gosh, you nearly ran me over.

- Come on.
- I can't. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

- Come on. - I can't.

Where are we? - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Maybe we could hide in there. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Maybe we could hide in there.

It's scary. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

What are we going to do? - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

What are we going to do?

Help me. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

(BARKING DOGS) - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

I'm going with you. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

I'm going with you.

Spread out in line.
Spread out. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Spread out in line. Spread out.

(DOG WHINING) - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Looks like maybe we ought
to be looking for two kids. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Looks like maybe we ought to be looking for two kids.

(DOGS WHINING) - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

There's an old trapper's hut further on. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

There's an old trapper's hut further on.

Captain Hammond, sir! - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Captain Hammond, sir!

I wish you'd let me give you
this sedative, Mrs Carter. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

I wish you'd let me give you this sedative, Mrs Carter.

Come on, folks.
Make room! - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

Come on, folks. Make room!

He killed her. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

He killed her. - Never Take Sweets from a Stranger

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Cyril Frankel

Writer: John Hunter, Roger Garis

Production: N/A

Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery

Year: 1960

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.4

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 17 May 1961

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