The Bad Seed

1956, Horror, 2h 9m

27 Reviews 5,000+ Ratings

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Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark (William Hopper) and his wife, Christine (Nancy Kelly), dote on their pig-tailed daughter, Rhoda (Patty McCormack) -- as does their lonely landlady, Monica Breedlove (Evelyn Varden). But self-centered Rhoda has a secret tendency for selfishness and loves to accumulate gifts, whether given or stolen, in her room. 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.

Cast & Crew

Nancy Kelly
Christine Penmark
Patty McCormack
Rhoda Penmark
Henry Jones
LeRoy
Eileen Heckart
Hortense Daigle
Evelyn Varden
Monica Breedlove
William Hopper
Colonel Kenneth Penmark
Paul Fix
Richard Bravo
Jesse White
Emory
Gage Clarke
Reginald Tasker
Joan Croydon
Claudia Fern
Frank Cady
Mr. Daigle
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Maxwell Anderson
Writer
John Lee Mahin
Writer
Mervyn LeRoy
Producer
Alex North
Original Music
Harold Rosson
Cinematographer
Warren Low
Film Editor
John Beckman
Art Direction
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decoration
Moss Mabry
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