Little Sweetheart (1988)
Directed by Anthony Simmons
Genres - Mystery, Thriller |
Sub-Genres - Psychological Thriller, Crime Thriller, Juvenile Delinquency Film |
Run Time - 93 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom, United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Dan Pavlides
Nine-year-old Thelma (Cassie Barasch) is the sweet little girl next door who engages in blackmail, robbery, and murder in this amoral melodrama. Neighbor Robert (John Hurt) is a bank employee who leaves his wife for Delores (Karen Young) after he embezzles money from work. He tries to bribe Thelma with the gift of a camera, but she uses it to photograph evidence and pin the murder of a child on him. When little Elizabeth (Ellie Raab) is shot and killed by Thelma with a gun she steals from John, he is charged with her kidnapping and murder.
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blackmail, burglary, embezzlement, girl-next-door, kidnapping, murder