The Bad Seed
1956/09/12 (US) | Thriller, Drama, Horror
For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.
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.
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Lead Cast
Nancy Kelly
Christine Penmark
Patty McCormack
Rhoda Penmark
Henry Jones
Leroy Jessup
Eileen Heckart
Hortense Daigle
Evelyn Varden
Monica Breedlove
William Hopper
Col. Kenneth Penmark
Paul Fix
Richard Bravo
Budget
$ 1,000,000
Revenue
$ 0
Status
Released
Production Company
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Crews
William March
Novel
Maxwell Anderson
Theatre Play
Joan Joseff
Other
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Hoyt Bowers
Casting