The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

“Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!”

1956 PG-13 2h 9m 7.1 (281) Released
Director Mervyn LeRoy
Screenplay / Story John Lee Mahin
Music Composer Alex North
Cinematography Harold Rosson

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.

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Production Budget $1,000,000
Worldwide Box Office Undisclosed
Original Language EN
Production Country United States of America
Content Rating PG-13
Release Status Released

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Patty McCormack
Patty McCormack

Rhoda Penmark

Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly

Christine 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

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