Film

The Bad Seed

1956 · 2h 9m · Thriller · Drama · Horror

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

IMDb

7.4

Rotten Tomatoes

64%

Metacritic

51

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.

Patty McCormack

Rhoda Penmark

Nancy Kelly

Christine 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

Joan Croydon

Claudia Fern

Frank Cady

Henry Daigle

Frances Bavier

Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

Violet N. Cane

Teacher (uncredited)

Vivian Clermont

Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)

Shelley Fabares

Margie (uncredited)

Kathy Garver

Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)

• Mervyn LeRoyDirector · Producer
• John Lee MahinScreenplay
• William MarchNovel
• Harold RossonDirector of Photography
• Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
• Warren LowEditor
• Hoyt BowersCasting

The Bad Seed (1956) Official Trailer - Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack Movie HD

Release date

September 12, 1956

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 9m

Rated

NR

Budget

$1,000,000

Genres

Thriller, Drama, Horror

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