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The Bad Seed (1956)

Sep 12, 1956 · 2h 9m

7.1/10 TMDB user score
283 votes on TMDB

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.

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Top cast

  • Patty McCormack Patty McCormack Rhoda Penmark
  • Nancy Kelly Nancy Kelly Christine Penmark
  • Henry Jones Henry Jones Leroy Jessup
  • Eileen Heckart Eileen Heckart Hortense Daigle
  • Evelyn Varden Evelyn Varden Monica Breedlove
  • William Hopper William Hopper Col. Kenneth Penmark
  • Paul Fix Paul Fix Richard Bravo
  • Jesse White Jesse White Emory Wages
  • Gage Clarke Gage Clarke Reginald "Reggie" Tasker
  • Joan Croydon Joan Croydon Claudia Fern
  • Frank Cady Frank Cady Henry Daigle
  • Frances Bavier Frances Bavier Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
  • Violet N. Cane Teacher (uncredited)
  • Vivian Clermont Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)
  • Shelley Fabares Shelley Fabares Margie (uncredited)
  • Kathy Garver Kathy Garver Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)

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