Skip to content
The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed (1956)

Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!

  • 7.1/10 · 276
  • NR
  • Sep 12, 1956
  • 2h 9m
  • English
PlayMy List

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.

Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Starring
Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart
Country
United States of America

Cast

Trailer

Details

Release date
Sep 12, 1956
Status
Released
Languages
English
Budget
$1M
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Collection
The Bad Seed - Collection
Keywords
lightning, confession, child murder, murder, lightning bolt, psychotic, evil child, cautionary, murder confession, critical, foreboding, ominous
IMDb
tt0048977

More like this