The Bad Seed

1956 · directed by Mervyn LeRoy

Rating
67/100
Hit
no

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.

The Bad Seed (1956), directed by Mervyn LeRoy, rates 67/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Patty McCormack
  • Nancy Kelly
  • Henry Jones
  • Eileen Heckart
  • Evelyn Varden
  • William Hopper
  • Paul Fix
  • Jesse White
  • Gage Clarke
  • Joan Croydon

Crew

More from Mervyn LeRoy

  1. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) — 86/100 · hit
  2. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) — 85/100 · hit
  3. Little Caesar (1931) — 81/100 · hit
  4. Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944) — 77/100
  5. Mister Roberts (1955) — 77/100
  6. Waterloo Bridge (1940) — 77/100

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