Caressed (1964)

Name: Caressed
Genre: Drama
Released: 1964-11-01

1h 26m

Running Time

Plot.

Busy navigating his final year of high school, brainy aspiring teacher Tom is determined to land an elusive scholarship, but his hard work is constantly interrupted by his real obsession: pursuing the opposite sex. Before long, he develops a romance with former classmate Elaine, who persistently declines his sexual advances. This inspires Tom to consider other options, including his good-natured study buddy Kathy. But when they take their friendship to the next level, shocking complications threaten to derail Tom’s future, inspiring his friends to take drastic action.

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Cast & Crew.

Bob Howay

Angela Gann

Lanny Beckman

Carol Pastinsky

Robert A. Silverman

Al

Larry Kent

Director / Writer / Producer

Virginia Dunsaith

Richard M. Bellamy

Cinematography

Jack Dale

Music

Shelah Reljic

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
November 1, 1964

Original Name
Sweet Substitute

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 26m

Genres
Drama

Last updated: 2025-02-11

Wiki.

Sweet Substitute, retitled Caressed in the United States, is a Canadian drama film, directed by Larry Kent and released in 1964.

The film centres on Tom (Bob Howay), a high school student whose efforts to secure an academic scholarship to university are complicated by his sexual compulsions. He is caught in a love triangle between Elaine (Angela Gann), a prim and proper girl who is saving herself for marriage, and Kathy (Carol Pastinsky), a more sexually available girl whom Tom impregnates.

It was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Picture at the 17th Canadian Film Awards in 1965, but did not win.

It was part of a retrospective screening of Kent's films, alongside The Bitter Ash, When Tomorrow Dies and High, which screened at a number of venues in 2002 and 2003, including Cinematheque Ontario in Toronto, the Pacific Cinémathèque in Vancouver and the Canadian Film Institute in Ottawa.