The Bad Seed

September 11, 1956

2h 9m

Drama Horror Thriller

Directors

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers

unknown

Top stars

Patty McCormack,Nancy Kelly,Henry Jones,Eileen Heckart,Evelyn Varden

CountryUnited States

Release dateSeptember 11, 1956

BOFFOES Rating

7.3

340 votes

7.4

(18K)

71%

(276)

Synopsis & Plot Summary

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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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)

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