The Bad Seed

Name: The Bad Seed
Director: Mervyn LeRoy
Genre: Psychological
Released: 1956
Duration: 2 h 9 min
Cast: Patty McCormack, Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones

1956US129 minMervyn LeRoy

Psychological Disturbing 50s Horror

“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.

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