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About
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.
Theatrical
Sep 12, 1956
Budget
$1.0M
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 10, 2004
Theaters
1
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Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
The Bad Seed - Collection
The collection of Lifetime's Bad Seed series of films.
Cast
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Patty McCormack
Rhoda Penmark
N
Nancy Kelly
Christine Penmark
H
Henry Jones
Leroy Jessup
E
Eileen Heckart
Hortense Daigle
E
Evelyn Varden
Monica Breedlove
W
William Hopper
Col. Kenneth Penmark
P
Paul Fix
Richard Bravo
J
Jesse White
Emory Wages
G
Gage Clarke
Reginald "Reggie" Tasker
F
Frank Cady
Henry Daigle
F
Frances Bavier
Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
V
Violet N. Cane
Teacher (uncredited)
S
Shelley Fabares
Margie (uncredited)
K
Kathy Garver
Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)
D
Don C. Harvey
Guard in Hospital (uncredited)
E
Edna Holland
Saleslady (uncredited)
D
Dayton Lummis
Doctor (uncredited)
N
Natalie Masters
Nurse (uncredited)
P
Patricia Morrow
Ginny (uncredited)
J
John Truax
Sergeant (uncredited)
