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Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Never Take Sweets from a Stranger.

...and then he made us play that silly game...

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

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE STORY

Cast.

Patrick Allen

Patrick Allen

Peter Carter

Gwen Watford

Gwen Watford

Sally Carter

Janina Faye

Janina Faye

Jean Carter

Felix Aylmer

Felix Aylmer

Clarence Olderberry Sr.

Niall MacGinnis

Niall MacGinnis

Defense Counsel

Michael Gwynn

Michael Gwynn

Prosecutor

Alison Leggatt

Alison Leggatt

Martha

Bill Nagy

Bill Nagy

Clarence Olderberry Jr.

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