The Bad Seed
251 reviews
Thriller/Drama
2h 9m
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,...
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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.
- DirectorMervyn LeRoy
- Release12 September 1956
- Genre
- Duration2h 9m
- Budget$1,000,000
- Revenue?
- Rate251 reviews
- Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
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

Frank Cady
Henry Daigle

Frances Bavier
Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

Shelley Fabares
Margie (uncredited)

Kathy Garver
Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)

Don C. Harvey
Guard in Hospital (uncredited)

Edna Holland
Saleslady (uncredited)

Dayton Lummis
Doctor (uncredited)

Patricia Morrow
Ginny (uncredited)
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