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Child's Play

“You only lose once.”

1972 · 1 h 40 min
Directed by Sidney Lumet
DramaMysteryThriller

Cast

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Plot

At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a bitter feud between two masters.

Sinekatalog’s take

Sidney Lumet's drama, with James Mason, Robert Preston and Beau Bridges, is tense and theatrical, a dark school mystery.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.2 / 10 (1,968 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.