Movie
Child's Play
1972PG1h 40m6.1 / 10
You only lose once.
At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.
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Synopsis
At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.
More about Child's Play
Cast
James MasonJerome Malley
Robert PrestonJoseph Dobbs
Beau BridgesPaul Reis
Ron WeyandFather Mozian
Charles WhiteFather Griffin
David RoundsFather Penny
Kate HarringtonMrs. CarterJamie AlexanderSheppard
Credits
- Directed by
- Sidney Lumet
- Written by
- Leon Prochnik
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Box office
- $44.2M
Production
Paramount PicturesUnited States
Themes
boarding schoolboys' schoolschool teacher
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