The Bad Seed (1956)
12/09/1956
Thriller, Drama, Horror
2h 9m
- 71% (254 votes)
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For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.
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.
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
- John Lee MahinScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,000,000
Keywords
- lightning
- confession
- child murder
- murder
- lightning bolt
- psychotic
- evil child
- cautionary
- murder confession
- critical
- foreboding
- ominous
Top Billed Cast
Nancy Kelly
Christine Penmark
Patty McCormack
Rhoda 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
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