The Candy Snatchers

The Candy Snatchers
Directed byGuerdon Trueblood
Written by
  • Bryan Gindoff
  • Uncredited:
    Guerdon Trueblood
Produced byBryan Gindoff
Starring
CinematographyRobert Maxwell
Edited byRichard Greer
Music byRobert Drasnin
Production
company
Marmot Productions
Distributed byGeneral Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 13, 1973 (1973-04-13)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Candy Snatchers is a 1973 American exploitation crime film directed by Guerdon Trueblood. The film was unofficially inspired by the kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle. It stars Susan Sennett as a teenager who is kidnapped and held for ransom by three amateur criminals. The picture gained cult film status and received a DVD release in 2005 through Subversive Cinema.