The Bad Seed

Storyline

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.

Top Cast

Nancy Kelly

Nancy Kelly

Christine Penmark

Patty McCormack

Patty McCormack

Rhoda Penmark

Henry Jones

Henry Jones

Leroy Jessup

Eileen Heckart

Eileen Heckart

Hortense Daigle

Evelyn Varden

Evelyn Varden

Monica Breedlove

William Hopper

William Hopper

Col. Kenneth Penmark

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Richard Bravo

Jesse White

Jesse White

Emory Wages

Gage Clarke

Gage Clarke

Reginald "Reggie" Tasker

Joan Croydon

Joan Croydon

Claudia Fern

Frank Cady

Frank Cady

Henry Daigle

Frances Bavier

Frances Bavier

Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)

?

Violet N. Cane

Teacher (uncredited)

?

Vivian Clermont

Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)

Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares

Margie (uncredited)

Kathy Garver

Kathy Garver

Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)

Don C. Harvey

Don C. Harvey

Guard in Hospital (uncredited)

Edna Holland

Edna Holland

Saleslady (uncredited)

Dayton Lummis

Dayton Lummis

Doctor (uncredited)

?

Natalie Masters

Nurse (uncredited)

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Writers

John Lee Mahin

Status

Released

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