The Bad Seed

For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.

129 mins
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

Christine Penmark

Patty McCormack

Rhoda 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)

Mervyn LeRoy

Director

John Lee Mahin

Screenplay

Maxwell Anderson

Theatre Play

Joe Halperin

Unit Publicist

Meta Rebner

Script Supervisor

Maurice De Packh

Orchestrator

Leon Roberts

Costumer

Frank V. Phillips

Camera Operator

Frank Evans

Assistant Camera

Pat Clark

Still Photographer

Eugene Marks

Sound Editor

Michael Colgan

Sound Editor

Al Cavigga

Sound Editor

John Gilbert Kissel

Property Master

Gene Delaney

Assistant Property Master

Mel Dellar

Assistant Director

Rusty Meek

Assistant Director

George Lane

Makeup Artist

Ruby Felker

Hairdresser

Moss Mabry

Costume Designer

Ralph S. Hurst

Set Decoration

John Beckman

Art Direction

Harold Rosson

Director of Photography

Alex North

Original Music Composer

Mervyn LeRoy

Producer

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