Stealing Candy

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Stealing Candy
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Directed by Mark L. Lester
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Release date
2003
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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]

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Premise

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)

Cast

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  1. Abele, Robert (February 16, 2003). "Genre fare still scares up action in market hallways". Variety. Retrieved March 29, 2024.