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Music is by elisabeth lutyns and john hollingsworth. Never take sweets from a stranger is an odd anomaly. In a small canadian town, an elderly and wellrespected man is accused of making sexual advances toward a. This film could save your childs life declared the daily herald on april 3, 1960, but the major london dailies were having none of it. Read the never take candy from a stranger movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. The resulting film is a sincere, delicately handled work that is quite successful from a social and artistic standpoint. Never take candy from a stranger 1960 release info imdb. Download never take candy from a stranger yts yify movies torrents download. Horrors of child abuse in 1960s never take sweets from a stranger.
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Theres no sensationalism in the presentation and cyril frankel maintains a strong, serious attitude to the subject and to the drama. But the past decade showed exactly how people in positions of power could use that to commit truly heinous acts with impunity, and also suppress ruthlessly, any attempts to investigate or hold them accountable for their actions. What i mean by this is that there arent a whole lot of films like it back in its dayor even now. Criminal intent box set with the snorkel 1958, stop me before i kill. The screenplay was developed by john hunter from the play the pony trap by roger garis. Indicators bluray includes a 40page booklet with writing by julian upton never take sweets from a stranger. Sony pictures choice collection line of hardtofind cult and library titles has released never take candy from a stranger original u. Never take sweets from a stranger never take candy from a. Considerably superior to most films that broach the subject matter and although the copy i have seen is no better than average quality it is hoped that the.
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