The Bad Seed

For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.
The Bad Seed (1956)
Timing: 2:9 (129 min)

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Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper, Paul Fix, Jesse White, Gage Clarke, Joan Croydon
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Hoyt Bowers

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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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  • The film is based on the play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson, which in turn was written based on the novel of the same name by William March.

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