
The Bad Seed
“For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.”
Overview
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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Details
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Written by
- William March, John Lee Mahin
- Produced by
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Composer
- Alex North
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast

Nancy Kelly
Christine Penmark

Patty McCormack
Rhoda 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)







