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The Bad Seed

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For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.

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.

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

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)

Don C. Harvey

Guard in Hospital (uncredited)

Edna Holland

Saleslady (uncredited)

Dayton Lummis

Doctor (uncredited)

Natalie Masters

Nurse (uncredited)

Patricia Morrow

Ginny (uncredited)

Adele Taylor

Teacher (uncredited)

John Truax

Sergeant (uncredited)

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Release Date 09/12/1956
Language English
Director Mervyn LeRoy
Editor Warren Low
Cinematographer Harold Rosson
Producer Mervyn LeRoy
Company Warner Bros. Pictures
Budget $1,000,000

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Country	Date	Format	Certification
United States	Aug 23, 1956	Premiere (Washington, D.C.)	—
United States	Sep 12, 1956	Theatrical	NR

Lightning Confession Child Murder Murder Lightning Bolt Psychotic Evil Child Cautionary Murder Confession Critical Foreboding Ominous

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