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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!”

★ 7.1 TMDB Rating · 276 votes

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.

Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Release date
Sep 12, 1956
Original language
English
Origin
United States

Cast of The Bad Seed

  • Portrait of Patty McCormack

    Patty McCormack

    Rhoda Penmark

  • Portrait of Nancy Kelly

    Nancy Kelly

    Christine Penmark

  • Portrait of Henry Jones

    Henry Jones

    Leroy Jessup

  • Portrait of Eileen Heckart

    Eileen Heckart

    Hortense Daigle

  • Portrait of Evelyn Varden

    Evelyn Varden

    Monica Breedlove

  • Portrait of William Hopper

    William Hopper

    Col. Kenneth Penmark

  • Portrait of Paul Fix

    Paul Fix

    Richard Bravo

  • Portrait of Jesse White

    Jesse White

    Emory Wages

  • Portrait of Gage Clarke

    Gage Clarke

    Reginald "Reggie" Tasker

  • Portrait of Joan Croydon

    Joan Croydon

    Claudia Fern

  • Portrait of Frank Cady

    Frank Cady

    Henry Daigle

  • Portrait of Frances Bavier

    Frances Bavier

    Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

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United States
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United Kingdom
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India
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Canada
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Australia
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