The Bad Seed

September. 12,1956      NR
Rating:
7.4
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Nancy Kelly as  Christine Penmark
Patty McCormack as  Rhoda Penmark
Henry Jones as  Leroy Jessup
Eileen Heckart as  Hortense Daigle
Evelyn Varden as  Monica Breedlove
William Hopper as  Col. Kenneth Penmark
Paul Fix as  Richard Bravo
Jesse White as  Emory Wages
Gage Clarke as  Reginald "Reggie" Tasker
Joan Croydon as  Claudia Fern

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