The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

2 h 9 min

1956

US

NR

Thriller,

Drama,

Horror

71%

User Score

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.

Movie cast

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

Frank Cady

Frank Cady

Henry Daigle

Frances Bavier

Frances Bavier

Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

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