---
title: 'Child''s Play (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sidney Lumet'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/childs-play-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068369/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Child's Play (1972)

1972 · 100 min · Drama, Mystery · United States


## Synopsis

Child's Play is a 1972 American psychological thriller film film directed by Sidney Lumet, and starring James Mason, Robert Preston, and Beau Bridges. Based on the 1970 play of the same name by Robert Marasco, it follows a newly-hired gym teacher at a Catholic boys' boarding school who becomes embroiled in a bitter dispute between two older teachers, exposing sinister goings-on within the school.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sidney Lumet](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-lumet)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-small)
- **Producer:** [David Merrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-merrick)

## Cast

- [James Mason](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-mason)
- [Beau Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/beau-bridges)

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