The Bad Seed (1956)
The Bad Seed (1956)
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
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
Jesse White
Emory Wages
Gage Clarke
Reginald 'Reggie' Tasker
Joan Croydon
Claudia Fern
Frank Cady
Henry Daigle
Frances Bavier
Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
Violet N. Cane
Teacher (uncredited)
Vivian Clermont
Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)
Shelley Fabares
Margie (uncredited)
Kathy Garver
Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey
Guard in Hospital (uncredited)
Edna Holland
Saleslady (uncredited)
Dayton Lummis
Doctor (uncredited)
Natalie Masters
Nurse (uncredited)
Patricia Morrow
Ginny (uncredited)
Adele Taylor
Teacher (uncredited)
John Truax
Sergeant (uncredited)
Mervyn LeRoy
Director / Producer
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Maxwell Anderson
Theatre Play
William March
Novel
Joan Joseff
Other
George Lane
Makeup Artist
Al Cavigga
Sound Editor
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Pat Clark
Still Photographer
Joe Halperin
Unit Publicist
John Gilbert Kissel
Property Master
Frank Evans
Assistant Camera
Mel Dellar
Assistant Director
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decoration
Frank V. Phillips
Camera Operator
Charles Harris
Grip
Eugene Marks
Sound Editor
Michael Colgan
Sound Editor
Leon Roberts
Costumer
Stanley Jones
Sound
Moss Mabry
Costume Designer
Warren Low
Editor
Alex North
Original Music Composer
Ruby Felker
Hairdresser
Gene Delaney
Assistant Property Master
John Beckman
Art Direction
Meta Rebner
Script Supervisor
Hoyt Bowers
Casting
Rusty Meek
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 12, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 9m
Budget$1,000,000
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
child murderer
evil child
confession
lightning
murder
lightning bolt
murder confession
psychotic
cautionary
critical
foreboding
ominous
Wiki.
The Bad Seed is a 1956 American psychological thriller film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones and Eileen Heckart.
The film is based upon the 1954 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson, which in turn is based upon William March's 1954 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by John Lee Mahin.
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