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The Bad Seed

(1956)

September 12, 1956 2h 9m
71%
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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 LeRoy

Director

Top Billed Cast

PM

Patty McCormack

Rhoda Penmark

NK

Nancy Kelly

Christine Penmark

HJ

Henry Jones

Leroy Jessup

EH

Eileen Heckart

Hortense Daigle

EV

Evelyn Varden

Monica Breedlove

WH

William Hopper

Col. Kenneth Penmark

PF

Paul Fix

Richard Bravo

JW

Jesse White

Emory Wages

GC

Gage Clarke

Reginald "Reggie" Tasker

JC

Joan Croydon

Claudia Fern

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