FILM

The Bad Seed (1956)

Name: The Bad Seed
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Released: 1956-09-12
Cast: Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden

Film · 1956 · 129 min · NR · Drama · Horror · Thriller

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

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.

Directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Starring Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper, Paul Fix, Jesse White

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In cinemas	12 September 1956
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First release anywhere	12 September 1956

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