A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
Acting
Whitman's Oscar-nominated fragility; Steiger's controlled fire.
Writing
Sidney Buchman's script treats taboo with zero sensationalism.
Direction
Green's restraint lets silence scream.
Director
Guy Green
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Banned in several UK counties; British Board of Film Censors nearly rejected it entirely for 'general discussion of sexual deviation.'
Stuart Whitman spent weeks in a psychiatric hospital researching; Rod Steiger based his performance on his own analyst.
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