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Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)Peter Carter meets official resistance when he finds his 9 year old daughter has been the victim of the pedophile patriarch of the town's most powerful family. Director:Cyril Frankel |
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Title: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
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Gwen Watford | ... |
Sally Carter
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Patrick Allen | ... |
Peter Carter
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Felix Aylmer | ... |
Clarence Olderberry Sr.
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Niall MacGinnis | ... |
Defense Counsel
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Alison Leggatt | ... |
Martha
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Bill Nagy | ... |
Clarence Jr
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Michael Gwynn | ... |
Prosecutor
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Budd Knapp | ... |
Hammond
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MacDonald Parke | ... |
Judge
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Estelle Brody | ... |
Eunice Kalliduke
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Helen Horton | ... |
Sylvia Kingsley
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Robert Arden | ... |
Tom Demarest
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Gaylord Cavallaro | ... |
Neal Phillips
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Vera Cook | ... |
Mrs. Demarest
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Janina Faye | ... |
Jean Carter
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Jean Carter, nine-year-old daughter of the town's newly-appointed school principal, Peter Carter and his wife Sally, is playing in the woods with her 11-year-old friend Lucille, when Jean discovers she has lost her purse containing her "candy" money. Lucille tells her she knows where they can get sweets for nothing, and leads her to an imposing mansion, from which the owner, Clarence Olderberry, Sr., a tall, gaunt man of 70 has been watching the girls from a window. That night Jean, unable to sleep, tells her parents that Oldeberry made her and Lucille dance before him nude in exchange for some candy. Carter files a complaint, but the local police chief, Captain Hammond, is skeptical of Jean's story and warns Carter that the Oldenberry family put the town on the map and have far more standing in the community than the new-comer Carters. Oldenberry, Jr. also tells Carter that if he follows up on the complaint he may be certain that Oldenberry's lawyers will show Jean no mercy. In the ... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
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August 1960 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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It is well over 30 years since I saw this film, and from time to time have tried to track it down within this IMDB system, but, until now, due to its title (I've always identified it as "The Pony Cart", the title of the original play),was frustrated in my search.
I'm a bit hazy about some of the details, but I do remember it being a gritty cautionary tale of two missing children...it is grimly realistic, without being exploitive, and years ahead of its time, in warning of, when it comes to children's safety, who can one trust?
Its story is set in Canada, thus leading me to the impression that it was a Canadian production - it is, in fact, English, and all concerned did a splendid job with a harrowing tale.
I can't recall ever seeing it advertised as appearing on t.v., or anywhere else, so it maybe it's gone where many other good films go - celluloid heaven, leaving us with lots of garbage which drifts around forever.