The Bad Seed

For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.

Duration: 129 min

Release date: 1956-09-12

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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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as Christine Penmark

Patty McCormack

Patty McCormack

as Rhoda Penmark

as Leroy Jessup

as Hortense Daigle

as Monica Breedlove

as Col. Kenneth Penmark

as Richard Bravo

as Reginald "Reggie" Tasker

as Claudia Fern

as Henry Daigle

as Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

as Teacher (uncredited)

Vivian Clermont

Vivian Clermont

as Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)

Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares

as Margie (uncredited)

as Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)

as Guard in Hospital (uncredited)

as Saleslady (uncredited)

as Doctor (uncredited)

Natalie Masters

Natalie Masters

as Nurse (uncredited)

Patricia Morrow

Patricia Morrow

as Ginny (uncredited)

as Teacher (uncredited)

as Sergeant (uncredited)

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Maxwell Anderson

Maxwell Anderson

Director of Photography

Maurice De Packh

Maurice De Packh

Frank V. Phillips

Frank V. Phillips

Camera Operator

Costume Designer

Script Supervisor

Assistant Property Master

Still Photographer

Assistant Director

John Gilbert Kissel

John Gilbert Kissel

Property Master

Original Music Composer

Assistant Camera

Assistant Director

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