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The Bad Seed
Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!
7.1(279)19562h 9m
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.
- Director
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Writers
- John Lee Mahin
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Cast

Patty McCormack
Rhoda Penmark

Nancy Kelly
Christine Penmark

Henry Jones
Leroy Jessup

Eileen Heckart
Hortense Daigle

Evelyn Varden
Monica Breedlove

William Hopper
Col. Kenneth Penmark

Paul Fix
Richard Bravo

Jesse White
Emory Wages

Gage Clarke
Reginald "Reggie" Tasker

Joan Croydon
Claudia Fern

Frank Cady
Henry Daigle

Frances Bavier
Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
Violet N. Cane
Teacher (uncredited)
Vivian Clermont
Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)

Shelley Fabares
Margie (uncredited)

Kathy Garver
Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)

Don C. Harvey
Guard in Hospital (uncredited)

Edna Holland
Saleslady (uncredited)

Dayton Lummis
Doctor (uncredited)
Natalie Masters
Nurse (uncredited)

Patricia Morrow
Ginny (uncredited)
Adele Taylor
Teacher (uncredited)
John Truax
Sergeant (uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- Mervyn LeRoyDirector
- Meta RebnerScript Supervisor
- Rusty MeekAssistant Director
- Mel DellarAssistant Director
Writing
- William MarchNovel
- Maxwell AndersonTheatre Play
- John Lee MahinScreenplay
Production
- Hoyt BowersCasting
- Mervyn LeRoyProducer
Camera
- Harold RossonDirector of Photography
- Frank V. PhillipsCamera Operator
- Pat ClarkStill Photographer
- Frank EvansAssistant Camera
- Charles HarrisGrip
Editing
- Warren LowEditor
Sound
- Maurice De PackhOrchestrator
- Al CaviggaSound Editor
- Eugene MarksSound Editor
- Stanley JonesSound
- Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer
- Michael ColganSound Editor
Art
- Ralph S. HurstSet Decoration
- Gene DelaneyAssistant Property Master
- John Gilbert KisselProperty Master
- John BeckmanArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Moss MabryCostume Designer
- Leon RobertsCostumer
- Ruby FelkerHairdresser
- George LaneMakeup Artist
Crew
- Joe HalperinUnit Publicist