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The Bad Seed

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

7.1/ 1019562h 9mNR

ThrillerDramaHorror

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 by Mervyn LeRoy

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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