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Film / 1956
The Bad Seed
Directed by
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.
The story
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
Patty McCormackRhoda Penmark
Nancy KellyChristine Penmark
Henry JonesLeroy Jessup
Eileen HeckartHortense Daigle
Evelyn VardenMonica Breedlove
William HopperCol. Kenneth Penmark
Paul FixRichard Bravo
Jesse WhiteEmory Wages
Gage ClarkeReginald "Reggie" Tasker
Joan CroydonClaudia Fern
Frank CadyHenry Daigle
Frances BavierWoman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
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Violet N. CaneTeacher (uncredited)
Vivian ClermontMary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)
Shelley FabaresMargie (uncredited)
Kathy GarverRhoda's Classmate (uncredited)
Don C. HarveyGuard in Hospital (uncredited)
Edna HollandSaleslady (uncredited)
Dayton LummisDoctor (uncredited)
Natalie MastersNurse (uncredited)
Patricia MorrowGinny (uncredited)
Adele TaylorTeacher (uncredited)
John TruaxSergeant (uncredited)
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