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        The Bad Seed
        7.1
        (242 votes)

        The Bad Seed

        1956
        Thriller
        Drama
        Horror
        2 hr 9 min

        Overview

        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.

        Creators

        Director
        Mervyn LeRoy
        Novel
        William March
        Screenplay
        John Lee Mahin
        The Bad Seed

        Cast

        Full Cast
        Nancy Kelly
        Nancy Kelly
        Christine Penmark
        Patty McCormack
        Patty McCormack
        Rhoda Penmark
        Henry Jones
        Henry Jones
        Leroy Jessup
        Eileen Heckart
        Eileen Heckart
        Hortense Daigle
        Evelyn Varden
        Evelyn Varden
        Monica Breedlove
        William Hopper
        William Hopper
        Col. Kenneth Penmark
        Paul Fix
        Paul Fix
        Richard Bravo
        Jesse White
        Jesse White
        Emory Wages
        Gage Clarke
        Gage Clarke
        Reginald "Reggie" Tasker
        Joan Croydon
        Joan Croydon
        Claudia Fern
        Frank Cady
        Frank Cady
        Henry Daigle
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        Movie Details

        Status
        Released (12/09/1956)
        Original language
        English
        Budget
        $1,000,000
        Country
        Production company
        Lightning
        Confession
        👼Child murder
        🔪Murder
        Lightning bolt
        Psychotic
        Evil child
        ⚠️Cautionary
        Murder confession
        Critical
        Foreboding
        Ominous
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