hold of Jean's bicycle. This time forewarned, the girls run away in panic and come to a lake, dropping Lucille's shopping bag on the way, and they find a rowboat in which they attempt to flee to the other side of the lake. The boat is however still moored to the lakeshore, and Olderberry begins to pull it back in. Meanwhile, Jean's bicycle is found and delivered to the police. The police chief finds out that Olderberry Sr. is missing. Suspecting foul play, the police search the woods for the missing girls, with Peter and Olderberry Jr. accompanying them. The police find Lucille's shopping bag. Olderberry Jr. finds his father's hat and attempts to hide it, but Peter catches him. Soon afterwards the boat is found. The SAR dogs lead the police to a cabin, where Lucille is lying dead on the floor, and Olderberry Sr. is there, behaving strangely, his clothes are disarrayed, with an insane expression on his face. Olderberry Jr. gazes shocked at his father, realising the girls were telling the truth. While Sally waits anxiously at home, word has spread all over town about the search for the girls and Olderberry. Many of the town residents gather in front of the Carters' house. The police bring Peter and Jean. Peter tells Sally that Jean managed to get away unharmed from Olderberry Sr. and was found wandering in the wood on the other side of the lake. Sally asks what happened to Lucille. Before Peter can answer, Olderberry Jr. approaches them, overwhelmed with guilt and remorse. He whimpers and repeatedly exclaims that his father killed Lucille while the crowd listens to him silently. The police take him away and the crowd disperses. Cast Patrick Allen as Peter Carter Gwen Watford as Sally Carter Janina Faye as Jean Carter Felix Aylmer as Clarence Olderberry Sr Niall MacGinnis as Defense Counsel Michael Gwynn as Prosecutor Alison Leggatt as Martha Bill Nagy (actor) as Clarence Olderberry Jr MacDonald Parke as Judge Estelle Brody as Eunice Kalliduke Robert Arden as Tom Demarest Frances Green as Lucille John Bloomfield as Foreman of Jury Reception On its original release, the film made little impact at the box-office and its press was mainly negative. This was partly because at the time the crime of paedophilia wasn't frankly discussed. Merely to produce a film dealing openly with the question was deemed sordid and distasteful. Another