The Bad Seed
dir. Mervyn LeRoy
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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 byMervyn LeRoy
StarringPatty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper
Written byJohn Lee Mahin
CinematographyHarold Rosson
EditingWarren Low
MusicAlex North
The Bad Seed
1956 · NR · 2h 9m
Thriller, Drama, Horror
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.
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