The Bad Seed
1956, Film, 129 min, Drama, Horror, Thriller, English, United States, MoviePedia score 71
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.
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Cast
- Nancy Kelly as Christine Penmark
- Patty McCormack as Rhoda Penmark
- Gage Clarke as Reggie Tasker
- Jesse White as Emory
- Joan Croydon as Miss Fern
- William Hopper as Col. Kenneth Penmark
- Paul Fix as Richard Bravo
- Henry Jones as Leroy
- Evelyn Varden as Monica Breedlove
- Eileen Heckart as Mrs. Hortense Daigle
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