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The Bad Seed
TrailerA housewife suspects that her seemingly perfect eight year-old daughter is a heartless killer. She keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of the little girl's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.Actors: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper, Paul Fix, Jesse White, Gage Clarke, Joan Croydon, Frank Cady, ...»Director: Mervyn LeRoyCountry: United StatesDuration: 129 minQuality: HDRelease: 1956IMDb: 7.40 CommentsSort By- Newest
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Actors of "The Bad Seed"
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Characters of "The Bad Seed"
Christine PenmarkPlayed by: Nancy KellyRhoda PenmarkPlayed by: Patty McCormackLeroy JessupPlayed by: Henry JonesHortense DaiglePlayed by: Eileen HeckartMonica BreedlovePlayed by: Evelyn VardenCol. Kenneth PenmarkPlayed by: William HopperRichard BravoPlayed by: Paul FixEmory WagesPlayed by: Jesse WhiteReginald 'Reggie' TaskerPlayed by: Gage ClarkeClaudia FernPlayed by: Joan Croydon -
Directors of "The Bad Seed"
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Creators of "The Bad Seed"
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Critic Reviews of "The Bad Seed"
VarietyOctober 23, 2008This melodrama about a child with an inbred talent for homicide is pretty unpleasant stuff on its own.
New York TimesMarch 25, 2006Mervyn LeRoy, who produced and directed, has lost a great deal of the bite of the play.
Time OutJanuary 26, 20061956 was way too soon for an unfettered treatment of the central premise.
Chicago ReaderJanuary 01, 2000Overlong, stiff, and about as suspenseful as a detergent commercial.
Film ThreatOctober 31, 2011The 'secret' villain is the missing father - or we should say, the mother for trying to child-rear by herself ... The bad seed is dead - but single parents, be warned.
Groucho ReviewsOctober 14, 2011The dark drama that launched a genre of evil-kid movies. [Blu-ray]
Video-Reviewmaster.comAugust 14, 2007Excellent, chilling classic with McCormack as perfect demon child.
EmanuelLevy.ComJune 29, 2005Scandalous, scary and popular, but extremely outdated , this well-acted melodrama was one of the first to deal with criminal conduct as biologically conditioned
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