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Summary

Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.

Details

Release Date: March 4, 1960

Runtime: 81 minutes

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: 7.3/10 (44 votes)


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Cast

  • Patrick Allen

    Patrick Allen

    Peter Carter

  • Gwen Watford

    Gwen Watford

    Sally Carter

  • Janina Faye

    Janina Faye

    Jean Carter

  • Felix Aylmer

    Felix Aylmer

    Clarence Olderberry Sr.

  • Niall MacGinnis

    Niall MacGinnis

    Defense Counsel

  • Michael Gwynn

    Michael Gwynn

    Prosecutor

  • Alison Leggatt

    Alison Leggatt

    Martha

  • Bill Nagy

    Bill Nagy

    Clarence Olderberry Jr.

  • MacDonald Parke

    MacDonald Parke

    Judge

  • Estelle Brody

    Estelle Brody

    Eunice Kalliduke

  • Robert Arden

    Robert Arden

    Tom Demarest

  • Helen Horton

    Helen Horton

    Sylvia Kingsley