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The Bad Seed

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

  • Movie
  • 1956
  • NR
  • 2h 9m

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

7.1

TMDB audience rating
7.1 out of 10 from 281 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Patty McCormack

    Patty McCormackRhoda Penmark

  • Nancy Kelly

    Nancy KellyChristine Penmark

  • Henry Jones

    Henry JonesLeroy Jessup

  • Eileen Heckart

    Eileen HeckartHortense Daigle

  • Evelyn Varden

    Evelyn VardenMonica Breedlove

  • William Hopper

    William HopperCol. Kenneth Penmark

  • Paul Fix

    Paul FixRichard Bravo

  • Jesse White

    Jesse WhiteEmory Wages

  • Gage Clarke

    Gage ClarkeReginald "Reggie" Tasker

  • Joan Croydon

    Joan CroydonClaudia Fern

  • Frank Cady

    Frank CadyHenry Daigle

  • Frances Bavier

    Frances BavierWoman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

  • Violet N. CaneTeacher (uncredited)

  • Vivian ClermontMary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)

  • Shelley Fabares

    Shelley FabaresMargie (uncredited)

  • Kathy Garver

    Kathy GarverRhoda's Classmate (uncredited)

  • Don C. Harvey

    Don C. HarveyGuard in Hospital (uncredited)

  • Edna Holland

    Edna HollandSaleslady (uncredited)

Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Writer
John Lee Mahin and William March
Music
Alex North
Cinematography
Harold Rosson