The Bad Seed poster
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IMDb7.4/10(15000 votes)
Director Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay John Lee Mahin

The Bad Seed

ThrillerDramaHorror1956

Tagline: For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.

Release Date: 1956-09-12

Duration: 129 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Patty McCormack
    Rhoda Penmark
  • Kathy Garver
    Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)
  • Frank Cady
    Henry Daigle
  • Shelley Fabares
    Margie (uncredited)
  • Nancy Kelly
    Christine Penmark
  • William Hopper
    Col. Kenneth Penmark
  • Paul Fix
    Richard Bravo
  • Henry Jones
    Leroy Jessup
  • Jesse White
    Emory Wages
  • Don C. Harvey
    Guard in Hospital (uncredited)
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