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.
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
Frances Green
Lucille
Budd Knapp
Hammond
Helen Horton
Sylvia Kingsley
Gaylord Cavallaro
Neal Phillips
Vera Cook
Mrs. Demarest
James Dyrenforth
Dr. Stevens
Hazel Jennings
Mrs. Olderberry
Cal McCord
Charles Kalliduke
Sheila Robins
Miss Jackson
Larry O'Connor
Sam Kingsley
Shirley Butler
Mrs. Nash
Jack Lynn
Dr. Montfort
John Bloomfield
Foreman of Jury
Sonia Fox
Receptionist
Peter Carlisle
Usher
Crew
Cyril Frankel
Director
John Hunter
Screenplay
Alfred Cox
Editor
Freddie Francis
Director of Photography
John Peverall
Assistant Director
Michael Carreras
Executive Producer
Anthony Hinds
Producer
Anthony Nelson Keys
Associate Producer
Bernard Robinson
Production Design, Art Direction
Len Harris
Camera Operator
Molly Arbuthnot
Wardrobe Master
Henry Montsash
Hairstylist
Roy Ashton
Makeup Artist
Arthur Cox
Sound Editor
Jock May
Sound Recordist
Elisabeth Lutyens
Original Music Composer
John Hollingsworth
Music Supervisor
Tilly Day
Continuity
Clifford Parkes
Production Manager
James Needs
Supervising Editor
Roger Garis
Theatre Play
Don Mingaye
Art Direction
