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The Bad Seed

1956 • 2h9m Thriller, Drama, Horror

Rating

7.1/10

Popularity

2

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.

Details

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Screenplay

John Lee Mahin

Cast

Patty McCormack

Nancy Kelly

Henry Jones

Release date

9/12/1956

Status

Released

Budget

$1,000,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

257