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The Bad Seed(1956)
Status: Released
Date: 1956-09-12
71%
263 Votes
Time: 2h 9m
Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!
Overview:
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $1,000,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The Bad Seed
Top 10 Billed Cast
Patty McCormack
Rhoda Penmark
Nancy Kelly
Christine Penmark
Henry Jones
Leroy Jessup
Eileen Heckart
Hortense Daigle
Evelyn Varden
Monica Breedlove
William Hopper
Col. Kenneth Penmark
Paul Fix
Richard Bravo
Jesse White
Emory Wages
Gage Clarke
Reginald "Reggie" Tasker
Joan Croydon
Claudia Fern
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