The Bad Seed
movie
For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.
Released September 12, 1956
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.
Cast
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)
Crew
Mervyn LeRoy
as
Director
John Lee Mahin
as
Screenplay
Maxwell Anderson
as
Theatre Play
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William March
as
Novel
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Joe Halperin
as
Unit Publicist
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Meta Rebner
as
Script Supervisor
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Maurice De Packh
as
Orchestrator
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Leon Roberts
as
Costumer
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Frank V. Phillips
as
Camera Operator
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Charles Harris
as
Grip
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Frank Evans
as
Assistant Camera
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Pat Clark
as
Still Photographer