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The Bad Seed

1956
Directed byMervyn LeRoy
2h 9m

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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Patty McCormackRhoda PenmarkNancy KellyChristine PenmarkHenry Jones
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Leroy Jessup
Eileen HeckartHortense Daigle
Evelyn VardenMonica Breedlove
William HopperCol. Kenneth Penmark
Paul FixRichard Bravo
Jesse WhiteEmory Wages
Gage ClarkeReginald "Reggie" Tasker
Joan CroydonClaudia Fern
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ThrillerDramaHorror
STATUSReleased
RATING
7.1

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