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The Bad Seed

71.07000000000001 %|Sep 12, 1956|Thriller, Drama, Horror

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.

Featured Crew

William March
Novel
Maxwell Anderson
Theatre Play
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Joan Joseff
Other
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Hoyt Bowers
Casting

Cast

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Nancy Kelly
Christine Penmark
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Patty McCormack
Rhoda Penmark
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Henry Jones
Leroy Jessup
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Eileen Heckart
Hortense Daigle
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Evelyn Varden
Monica Breedlove
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William Hopper
Col. Kenneth Penmark
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Paul Fix
Richard Bravo
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Jesse White
Emory Wages
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Gage Clarke
Reginald "Reggie" Tasker
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Joan Croydon
Claudia Fern
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Frank Cady
Henry Daigle
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Frances Bavier
Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
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Violet N. Cane
Teacher (uncredited)
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Vivian Clermont
Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)
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Shelley Fabares
Margie (uncredited)
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Kathy Garver
Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)
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Don C. Harvey
Guard in Hospital (uncredited)
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Edna Holland
Saleslady (uncredited)
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Dayton Lummis
Doctor (uncredited)
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Natalie Masters
Nurse (uncredited)
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Patricia Morrow
Ginny (uncredited)
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Adele Taylor
Teacher (uncredited)
actor
John Truax
Sergeant (uncredited)