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.
Director: Cyril Frankel
Producer: Anthony Hinds
Writer: John Hunter
Music: Elisabeth Lutyens
Cinematographer: Freddie Francis
Actor: Gwen Watford
Actor: Patrick Allen
Actor: Felix Aylmer
Actor: Niall MacGinnis
Actor: Alison Leggatt
Actor: Janina Faye