Directed by:
Cyril FrankelCinematography:
Freddie FrancisComposer:
Elisabeth LutyensCast:
Gwen Watford, Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Niall MacGinnis, William Abney, Alison Leggatt, Michael Gwynn, Janina Faye, Sonia Fox, Bill Nagy, Estelle Brody (more)Plots(1)
One of Hammer's most controversial and genuinely adult thrillers, Never Take Sweets from a Stranger is a serious drama that dealt candidly (for the time) with the issue of child abuse. Deftly handled, the film is a sincere and unsensational treatment of a taboo subject. Avoiding melodrama it addresses the horrors of the real world but remains a compelling and genuinely unsettling work. (Powerhouse Films)
(more)Cast
Gwen Watford
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Patrick Allen
Malawi
Best movies:
Threads (1984) (TV movie)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Felix Aylmer
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Becket (1964)
The Citadel (1938)
Niall MacGinnis
Ireland
Best movies:
Hamlet (1948)
Lust for Life (1956)
Becket (1964)
William Abney
UK
Best movies:
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
The City of the Dead (1960)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days (1973)
Alison Leggatt
UK
Best movies:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Goodbye Again (1961)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Michael Gwynn
UK
Best movies:
Cleopatra (1963)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Janina Faye
UK
Best movies:
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
Dracula (1958)
Sonia Fox
Best movies:
Bill Nagy
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Estelle Brody
USA
Best movies:
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Safari (1956)
Budd Knapp
Canada
Best movies:
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
Robert Arden
UK
Best movies:
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
A King in New York (1957)
Tom Busby
Canada
Best movies:
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
The War Lover (1962)
Helen Horton
USA
Best movies:
Alien (1979)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Gaylord Cavallaro
Italy
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
James Dyrenforth
USA
Best movies:
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Lolita (1962)
A Night to Remember (1958)