The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

1956
2h 9m
7.1

7.1/10

257 votes • View on IMDb
Thriller Drama Horror

"Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!"

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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $1,000,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English

Keywords

lightning confession child murder murder lightning bolt psychotic evil child cautionary murder confession critical foreboding ominous

Quick Facts

Release Date September 12, 1956
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0048977

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)

Key Crew

Mervyn LeRoy
Director
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Mervyn LeRoy
Producer