Directed by Cyril Frankel
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony)
One of the better non-horror Hammer productions that handles the delicate subject of a mentally ill old man preying on two young girls. It takes place in a small Canadian town, and the film has as much to say about the closed-mindedness of a small town as it does pedophilia. The town's powerful family hires a scummy lawyer to defend its patriarch, leading to a trial that manipulates the audience's sentimentality quite effectively. He's let go after it proves too much for the little girl on the witness stand. However, before they can leave town the man has one more frightening encounter with the girls.
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