Toys Are Not for Children

Toys Are Not for Children

The Shock Sets In!

R 1972 · 85 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama

Emotionally stunted child-like woman Jamie Godard not only suffers from an unhealthy fixation on her long absent father, but also has an obsession with all the toys he gave her as a little girl. After getting a job at a toy store, Jamie decides to marry co-worker Charlie Belmond. When the marriage doesn't work out, Jamie runs away to New York City and becomes a prostitute who specializes in servicing perverted old men who want to play daddy with her.

Directed by Stanley H. Brassloff · Written by Stanley H. Brassloff

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Marcia Forbes Jamie Godard
Harlan Cary Poe Charlie Belmond
Evelyn Kingsley Pearl Valdi
Luis Arroyo Eddie
Fran Warren Edna Godard
Peter Lightstone Phillip Godard
Tiberia Mitri Jamie as a child
N.J. Osrag Max Geunther
Jack Cobb The blindfolded "John"
Ronnie Kahn Hank
Ralph Shaw Hotel Waiter
Robert Hazelton Justice of the Peace

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