Episode 215: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)

About this episode

Drusilla and Josh discuss the 1960 Hammer film 'Never Take Sweets from a Stranger'.

Drusilla and Josh watch a strange Hammer film from 1960, Cyril Frankel’s Never Take Sweets from a Stranger, or as it is known in the United States, Never Take Candy from a Stranger. From wiki: “Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (U.S. title: Never Take Candy from a Stranger) is a 1960 British thriller drama film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Patrick Allen, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye and Felix Aylmer.[1] The screenplay was by John Hunter based on the 1954 play The Pony Cart by Roger Gar...

People in this episode

Hosts: Drusilla Adeline, Joshua Conkel

Topics covered

• Hammer film
• thriller
• drama
• film analysis
• 1960s cinema

Keywords

• Hammer film
• thriller
• Cyril Frankel
• 1960
• film analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Never Take Sweets from a Stranger, Never Take Candy from a Stranger, The Pony Cart

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