The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

7.1IMDb Score
Released:1956-09-12
Duration:129 min
Director:Mervyn LeRoy
Actors:Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden
Production:Warner Bros. Pictures

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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