The Bad Seed (1956)
Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!
129 min
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.
- Release date
- September 12, 1956
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $1,000,000
Trailer
Cast
- Nancy Kelly as Christine Penmark
- Patty McCormack as Rhoda Penmark
- Gage Clarke as Reggie Tasker
- Jesse White as Emory
- Joan Croydon as Miss Fern
- William Hopper as Col. Kenneth Penmark
- Paul Fix as Richard Bravo
- Henry Jones as Leroy
- Evelyn Varden as Monica Breedlove
- Eileen Heckart as Mrs. Hortense Daigle
Crew
- Mervyn LeRoy · Director
- John Lee Mahin · Writer
- Maxwell Anderson · Writer
- William March · Writer
- Mervyn LeRoy · Producer
- Alex North · Composer
- Harold Rosson · Cinematographer
- Warren Low · Editor