The Bad Seed
Film1956129 min7.1/10 on TMDB
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!
The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Patty McCormackRhoda Penmark
Nancy KellyChristine Penmark
Henry JonesLeroy Jessup
Eileen HeckartHortense Daigle
Evelyn VardenMonica Breedlove
William HopperCol. Kenneth Penmark
Paul FixRichard Bravo
Jesse WhiteEmory Wages
Gage ClarkeReginald "Reggie" Tasker
Joan CroydonClaudia Fern
Frank CadyHenry Daigle
Frances BavierWoman at Dinner Party (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Screenplay
- John Lee Mahin
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Director of Photography
- Harold Rosson
- Producer
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Editor
- Warren Low
- Original Music Composer
- Alex North