Child's Play
“You only lose once.”
1972 · 1 h 40 min
Sidney LumetCast
James Mason 
Robert Preston 
Beau Bridges 
Ron Weyand Charles White David Rounds
Credits
Written by: Leon Prochnik
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.
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