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.
Directed by Cyril Frankel
canada
chase
candy
patriarch
social commentary
principal
pedophile
child molester
courtroom
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Letterboxd
3.8 / 5
Cast
Patrick Allen
Peter Carter
Gwen Watford
Sally Carter
Janina Faye
Jean Carter
Felix Aylmer
Clarence Olderberry Sr.
Niall MacGinnis
Defense Counsel
Michael Gwynn
Prosecutor
Alison Leggatt
Martha
Bill Nagy
Clarence Olderberry Jr.
MacDonald Parke
Judge
Estelle Brody
Eunice Kalliduke
Robert Arden
Tom Demarest
Helen Horton
Sylvia Kingsley
Crew
Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
Michael Carreras
Executive Producer
Popular Reviews
7 reviews
Karson
9.0★ · 11/07/21
Was not expecting this intense and serious of a film at all. Usually I’ll throw on a hammer film for a short crime or horror watch before bed. Instead this time around I got a deeply unsettling film. I’m shocked they made this film in the era that they did. The most serious Hammer film I have seen but still extremely well made with great performance and camera work.
Was not expecting this intense and serious of a film at all. Usually I’ll throw on a hammer film for a short crime or horror watch before bed. Instead this time around I got a deeply unsettling film. I’m shocked they made this film in the era that they did. The most serious Hammer film I have seen but still extremely well made with great performance and camera work.
