The Bad Seed

Name: The Bad Seed
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Horror
Released: 1956-09-12
Duration: 2 h 9 min
Rating: 7.123
Cast: Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden

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

1956

2h 9m

Thriller Drama Horror

Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Writer: John Lee Mahin

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Overview

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.