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The Bad Seed

1956 129 min ★ 7.1 Thriller, Drama, Horror

Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.

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Cast

Patty McCormack

Rhoda Penmark

Nancy Kelly

Christine Penmark

Henry Jones

Leroy Jessup

Eileen Heckart

Hortense Daigle

Evelyn Varden

Monica Breedlove

William Hopper

Col. Kenneth Penmark

Paul Fix

Richard Bravo

Jesse White

Emory Wages

Gage Clarke

Reginald "Reggie" Tasker

Joan Croydon

Claudia Fern

Details

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Screenplay

John Lee Mahin

Tagline

"Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!"

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$1,000,000

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures

Reviews

John Chard

November 16, 2013

★ 7.5/10

Sowing the seeds of evil. The Bad Seed is directed by Mervyn LeRoy and adapted to screenplay by Maxwell Anderson from the novel of the same name written by William March. Anderson had also adapted for the stage play as well. It stars Nancy Kelly, William Hopper, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart and Evelyn Varden. Music is by Alex North and cinematography by Harold Rossen. Is ther...