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.| Status: | Released (1956-09-12) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 4 Oscars. 1 win & 6 nominations total |
| Screen: | John Lee Mahin, Maxwell Anderson, William March |
| Productions: | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 94036: Nancy Kelly - Christine Penmark
- 125026: Patty McCormack - Rhoda Penmark
- 5732: Henry Jones - Leroy Jessup
- 40618: Eileen Heckart - Hortense Daigle
- 30538: Evelyn Varden - Monica Breedlove
- 2776: William Hopper - Col. Kenneth Penmark
- 8496: Paul Fix - Richard Bravo
Crews
- 9054: Mervyn LeRoy - Director - Directing
- 29618: John Lee Mahin - Screenplay - Writing
- 67807: Maxwell Anderson - Theatre Play - Writing
- 1152088: William March - Novel - Writing
- 2164685: Joe Halperin - Unit Publicist - Crew
- 18376: Meta Rebner - Script Supervisor - Directing
- 1531943: Maurice De Packh - Orchestrator - Sound
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
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, H ....
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