''Sweet Substitute'', retitled ''Caressed'' in the United States, is a Canadian drama film, directed by Larry Kent and released in 1964. The film centres on Tom (Bob Howay), a high school student whose efforts to secure an academic scholarship to university are complicated by his sexual compulsions."Caressed: gutsy view of teen lust". ''

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'', June 24, 1967. He is caught in a love triangle between Elaine (Angela Gann), a prim and proper girl who is saving herself for marriage, and Kathy (Carol Pastinsky), a more sexually available girl whom Tom impregnates."Centre Changing Image". ''

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'', January 18, 1968. It was a

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nominee for

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at the 17th Canadian Film Awards in 1965, but did not win. It was part of a retrospective screening of Kent's films, alongside ''

The Bitter Ash ''The Bitter Ash'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Larry Kent and released in 1963. One of the first narrative feature films ever shot in Vancouver, the film stars Alan Scarfe as Des, an unhappy blue collar man who is drawn into the city's ...

'', ''

When Tomorrow Dies ''When Tomorrow Dies'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Larry Kent and released in 1965.Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 238. The film stars Patricia Gage as Gwen James, a housewife trapped in an unfu ...

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'', which screened at a number of venues in 2002 and 2003, including Cinematheque Ontario in

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, the

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in Vancouver and the

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, "Catch up on your Kent". ''

'', February 1, 2003.

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* 1964 films 1964 drama films Canadian drama films English-language Canadian films Films directed by Larry Kent 1960s English-language films 1960s Canadian films {{1960s-Canada-film-stub