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Writers:
Robert Marasco (play)
Leon Prochnik (screenplay)
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Release Date:
16 July 1973 (Sweden) more
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You only lose once.
Plot:
At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems. | full synopsis
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Cast

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James Mason ... Jerome Malley
Robert Preston ... Joseph Dobbs

Beau Bridges ... Paul Reis
Ron Weyand ... Father Mozian

Charles White ... Father Griffin
David Rounds ... Father Penny
Kate Harrington ... Mrs. Carter
Jamie Alexander ... Sheppard
Brian Chapin ... O'Donnell
Bryant Fraser ... Jennings
Mark Hall Haefeli ... Wilson
Tom Leopold ... Shea
Julius Lo Iacono ... McArdle
Christopher Man ... Travis
Paul O'Keefe ... Banks
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Runtime:
100 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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The original Broadway production of "Child's Play" by Robert Marasco opened at the Royale Theater in New York on February 17, 1970, ran for 342 performances and was nominated for the 1970 Tony Award for the Best Play. Robbie Reed was in the original stage version and in this filmed production, but portrayed different characters. more

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Subtle and not very good, 6 July 2006
3/10
Author: Wayne Malin (wwaayynnee51@hotmail.com) from United States

I haven't seen this in years but here's what I remember.

Dull horror film about the strange behavior of students at an all boys school. James Mason as a teacher thinks Robert Preston (another teacher) is trying to drive him out (or crazy). Beau Bridges tries to figure it all out.

You think that a film which has young students attacked (one is blinded, another is tied up and hung from a statue) might at least be disturbing...but it's not. It's dull, slow and it's pretty obvious who the villain is (he's always lit to look evil). Also, for a PG film, this is pretty grim stuff. It all leads to an unsatisfying ending which never truly explains what's going on. Also Preston, Mason and Bridges are at their worst. I caught this on TV years ago and had trouble staying awake! A rightfully forgotten horror film. Skip it.

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