The Bad Seed

“For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.”

7.1(256)19562h 9m

ThrillerDramaHorror

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.

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Budget

$1.0M

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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

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)

Reviews

1 review

John Chard

12y ago

7.5

Sowing 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, William Hopper, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart and Evelyn Varden. Music is by Alex North and cinematography by Harold Rossen. Is ther...