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| Directed by | Mark L. Lester |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Stealing Candy is a 2003 thriller film directed by Mark L. Lester and starring Daniel Baldwin. It was produced by Lester's production company American World Pictures. [1]
The film revolves around three ex-cons who kidnap a famous Hollywood actress known for refusing to do nude scenes and persuade her to have sex on camera for a pay-per-view website.
By the end, it is revealed that Candy and one of the cons, Fred, were in it from the get-go, and orchestrated the entire thing to promote her career. In a final backstab, she makes it appear as if he threatens her life, and perform a murder-by-cop on him, thus making sure the truth would never be revealed.
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