The Candy Snatchers (1973)
It started as such a simple crime. For 16 year old Candy, dying would have been easier! Was a piece of Candy worth a fortune in diamonds?
A nonverbal autistic boy stumbles upon a teenage heiress who has been kidnapped by a trio of young psychopaths, who are intent on extorting diamonds from her stepfather.
- Date of release
- 1973-06-01
- TMDB
- 6.4 / 10 (47)
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Director
- Guerdon Trueblood
Casting
- Tiffany Bolling — Jessie
- Ben Piazza — Avery
- Susan Sennett — Candy
- Brad David — Alan
- Vince Martorano — Eddy
- Bonnie Boland — Audrey
- Leon Charles — Boss
- Dolores Dorn — Katherine
- Phyllis Major — Lisa
- Christopher Trueblood — Sean Newton
- Jerry Butts — Dudley
- Bill Woodard — Charlie
Interesting facts
The Candy Snatchers is a 1973 American exploitation crime film directed by Guerdon Trueblood. The film was unofficially inspired by the kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle. It stars Susan Sennett as a teenager who is kidnapped and held for ransom by three amateur criminals. The picture gained cult film status which received a DVD release in 2005 through Subversive Cinema and a Blu-ray release by Vinegar Syndrome in 2020.
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