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The Bad Seed

The Bad Seed

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 12, 1956

Runtime

2h 9m

Genres

Thriller, Drama, Horror

User Score

71%

Original Title

The Bad Seed

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Mervyn LeRoy

Budget

$1,000,000

Description

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.