The Bad Seed

Sep 12, 1956

2h 9m

★ 7.1

For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.

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.

Genres

Thriller

Drama

Horror

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Christine Penmark

Nancy Kelly

Rhoda Penmark

Patty McCormack

Leroy Jessup

Henry Jones

Hortense Daigle

Eileen Heckart

Monica Breedlove

Evelyn Varden

Col. Kenneth Penmark

William Hopper

Richard Bravo

Paul Fix

Emory Wages

Jesse White

Reginald "Reggie" Tasker

Gage Clarke

Claudia Fern

Joan Croydon

Henry Daigle

Frank Cady

Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

Frances Bavier

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