
Don't Say a Word(2001)
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he is horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a young woman, suffering from PTSD, who knows a secret six digit code number.


“It started as such a simple crime. For 16 year old Candy, dying would have been easier! Was a piece of Candy worth a fortune in diamonds?”
A nonverbal autistic boy stumbles upon a teenage heiress who has been kidnapped by a trio of young psychopaths, who are intent on extorting diamonds from her stepfather.

Tiffany Bolling
Jessie

Ben Piazza
Avery

Susan Sennett
Candy
Brad David
Alan
Vince Martorano
Eddy
Bonnie Boland
Audrey
Leon Charles
Boss

Dolores Dorn
Katherine
Phyllis Major
Lisa
Christopher Trueblood
Sean Newton
The Candy Snatchers is a thriller, crime film released in 1973 exploring themes of rape, chase, ransom, kidnapping, extortion, mute. Directed by Guerdon Trueblood, it stars Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza, Susan Sennett. A nonverbal autistic boy stumbles upon a teenage heiress who has been kidnapped by a trio of young psychopaths, who are intent on extorting diamonds from her stepfather.
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