The Bad Seed (1956)
Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!
Synopsis
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
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Patty McCormack
as Rhoda Penmark
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Nancy Kelly
as Christine Penmark
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Henry Jones
as Leroy Jessup
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Eileen Heckart
as Hortense Daigle
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Evelyn Varden
as Monica Breedlove
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William Hopper
as Col. Kenneth Penmark
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Paul Fix
as Richard Bravo
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Jesse White
as Emory Wages
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Gage Clarke
as Reginald "Reggie" Tasker
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Joan Croydon
as Claudia Fern
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Frank Cady
as Henry Daigle
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Frances Bavier
as Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
- Violet N. Cane as Teacher (uncredited)
- Vivian Clermont as Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)
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Shelley Fabares
as Margie (uncredited)
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Kathy Garver
as Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)
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Don C. Harvey
as Guard in Hospital (uncredited)
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Edna Holland
as Saleslady (uncredited)
Crew
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Mervyn LeRoy
Director
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Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
- Warren Low Editor
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Alex North
Original Music Composer
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Mervyn LeRoy
Producer
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John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
