The Bad Seed
1956
For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
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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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- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Written by
- William March, John Lee Mahin
- Produced by
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Composer
- Alex North
- Cinematographer
- Harold Rosson
- Editor
- Warren Low
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Origin country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 9m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB
- 7.1/10 (259 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 64% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 51/100
- IMDb
- 7.4/10 (17,233 votes)
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)
Kathy Garver
Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey
Guard in Hospital (uncredited)
Edna Holland
Saleslady (uncredited)
