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The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

7,1 /10 (273 Votes)
1956 EN 129 min

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.

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Release date

12/09/1956

Votes

273

Popularity

3.5

Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

129 min

Budget

$1,000,000

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John Chard

John Chard

2013-11-16

⭐ 7.5

Sowing the seeds of evil. The Bad Seed is directed by Mervyn LeRoy and adapted to screenplay by Maxwell Anderson from the novel of the same name written by William March. Anderson had also adapted for the stage play as well. It stars Nancy Kelly, William Hopper, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart and Evelyn Varden. Music is by Alex North and cinematography by Harold Rossen. Is there such a thing as Bad Seed? Where I grew up there was a violent family of four brothers, each one would think nothing of doing a Begbie on you. It was the first time I heard the saying Bad Seed, with …

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