The Bad Seed (1956)
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.
- Released
- 1956-09-12
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Runtime
- 129 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mervyn LeRoy, John Lee Mahin
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 278 votes
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)