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The Bad Seed

1956

2h 9m

7.12

Thriller, Drama, Horror

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.

Cast

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)

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)

Patricia Morrow

Ginny (uncredited)

Violet N. Cane

Teacher (uncredited)

Vivian Clermont

Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)

Natalie Masters

Nurse (uncredited)

Adele Taylor

Teacher (uncredited)

John Truax

Sergeant (uncredited)

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