

The Bad Seed
Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!
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
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- Language
- English
- lightning
- confession
- child murder
- murder
- lightning bolt
- psychotic
- evil child
- cautionary
- murder confession
- critical
- foreboding
- ominous
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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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1- J7.5/10
John Chard
11/16/2013
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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