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The Bad Seed (1956)
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The Bad Seed

1956Directed by Mervyn LeRoy2h 9m

Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!

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.

  • Drama
  • Horror
  • Thriller

Cast

  • Patty McCormack as Rhoda Penmark
  • Nancy Kelly as Christine Penmark
  • Henry Jones as Leroy Jessup
  • Eileen Heckart as Hortense Daigle
  • Evelyn Varden as Monica Breedlove
  • William Hopper as Col. Kenneth Penmark
  • Paul Fix as Richard Bravo
  • Jesse White as Emory Wages
  • Gage Clarke as Reginald "Reggie" Tasker
  • Joan Croydon as Claudia Fern
  • Frank Cady as Henry Daigle
  • Frances Bavier as Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
  • Violet N. Cane as Teacher (uncredited)
  • Vivian Clermont as Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)
  • Shelley Fabares as Margie (uncredited)
  • Kathy Garver as Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)

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