Story Line
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.
“Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!”
Top Cast
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
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1956-09-12
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
ThrillerDramaHorror
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John Chard
7.5/10
•11/16/2013Sowing the seeds of evil.
The Bad Seed is directed by Mervyn LeRoy and adapted to screenplay by Maxwell Anderson from the novel of the same name written by William March. Anderson had also adapted for the stage play as well. It stars Nancy Kelly, ...