The Bad Seed (1956)

09/12/1956 (US) • 2h 9m

Thriller, Drama, Horror

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.

Top Billed Cast

Nancy Kelly

Christine Penmark

Patty McCormack

Rhoda Penmark

Henry Jones

Leroy Jessup

Eileen Heckart

Hortense Daigle

Evelyn Varden

Monica Breedlove

William Hopper

Col. Kenneth Penmark

Paul Fix

Richard Bravo

Jesse White

Emory Wages

Gage Clarke

Reginald "Reggie" Tasker


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$1,000,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

lightning

confession

child murder

murder

lightning bolt

psychotic

evil child

cautionary

murder confession

critical

foreboding

ominous

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