The Bad Seed

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.

Details

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Release

September 12, 1956

Status

Released

Country

United States of America

Network

Warner Bros. Pictures

Runtime

2h 9m

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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
• 
  Frank Cady

  Henry Daigle
• 
  Frances Bavier

  Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

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