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The Bad Seed

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

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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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Status
Released
Budget
$1M
Box office
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Language
English
Part of The Bad Seed - Collection · 3 films
  • lightning
  • confession
  • child murder
  • murder
  • lightning bolt
  • psychotic
  • evil child
  • cautionary
  • murder confession
  • critical
  • foreboding
  • ominous

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Behind the camera

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereWashington, D.C.23 Aug 1956
    • TheatricalNR12 Sept 1956
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical18 Jan 1957

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The Bad Seed was released on 12 September 1956.

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    John Chard

    11/16/2013

    7.5/10

    Sowing the seeds of evil. The Bad Seed is directed by Mervyn LeRoy and adapted to screenplay by Maxwell Anderson from the novel of the same name written by William March. Anderson had also adapted for the stage play as well. It stars Nancy Kelly, William Hopper, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart and Evelyn Varden. Music is by Alex North and cinematography by Harold Rossen. Is there such a thing as Ba…

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