The Bad Seed (1956)

Name: The Bad Seed
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1956-09-12
Duration: 129 min
Cast: Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden

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

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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Released 1956-09-12 · 129 min · Drama, Horror, Thriller

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

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Cast

Patty McCormack as Rhoda Penmark
Nancy Kelly as Christine Penmark
Henry Jones as Leroy Jessup
Eileen Heckart as Hortense Daigle
Evelyn Varden as Monica Breedlove
William Hopper as Col. Kenneth Penmark
Paul Fix as Richard Bravo
Jesse White as Emory Wages
Gage Clarke as Reginald "Reggie" Tasker
Joan Croydon as Claudia Fern
Frank Cady as Henry Daigle
Frances Bavier as Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
Violet N. Cane as Teacher (uncredited)
Vivian Clermont as Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)
Shelley Fabares as Margie (uncredited)