The Bad Seed
“Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!”
1956•NR•2h 9m•7.1•Released
DramaHorrorThriller
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.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Writer
John Lee Mahin
Budget
$1M
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
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
Frank Cady
Henry Daigle
Frances Bavier
Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
Violet N. Cane
Teacher (uncredited)
Vivian Clermont
Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)
Shelley Fabares
Margie (uncredited)
Production
Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Producer
Mervyn LeRoy
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