Child's Play

“You only lose once.”

6.0

1972

1h 40m

DramaMysteryThriller

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.

Key Crew

Director

Sidney Lumet

Producers

David Merrick

Writers

Leon Prochnik

Cinematography

Gerald Hirschfeld

Music

Michael Small

Cast (21)

James Mason

Jerome Malley

Robert Preston

Joseph Dobbs

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