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The Bad Seed

7.1 129 mins Thriller   Drama   Horror   1956
Warner Bros. Pictures  
Director(s): Mervyn LeRoy

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.

Casts of The Bad Seed

Nancy Kelly

as Christine Penmark

Patty McCormack

as Rhoda Penmark

Henry Jones

as Leroy Jessup

Eileen Heckart

as Hortense Daigle

Evelyn Varden

as Monica Breedlove

William Hopper

as Col. Kenneth Penmark

Paul Fix

as Richard Bravo

Jesse White

as Emory Wages

Gage Clarke

as Reginald "Reggie" Tasker

Joan Croydon

as Claudia Fern

Frank Cady

as Henry Daigle

Frances Bavier

as Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

Violet N. Cane

as Teacher (uncredited)

Vivian Clermont

as Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)

Shelley Fabares

as Margie (uncredited)

Kathy Garver

as Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)

Don C. Harvey

as Guard in Hospital (uncredited)

Edna Holland

as Saleslady (uncredited)

Dayton Lummis

as Doctor (uncredited)

Natalie Masters

as Nurse (uncredited)

Patricia Morrow

as Ginny (uncredited)

Adele Taylor

as Teacher (uncredited)

John Truax

as Sergeant (uncredited)

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