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The Bad Seed is a 1956 American psychological thriller film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones and Eileen Heckart. The film is based upon the 1954 play of the same name by Maxwell Anderson, which in turn is based upon William March's 1954 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by John Lee ...
The Bad Seed: Directed by Mervyn LeRoy. With Gage Clarke, Jesse White, Joan Croydon, William Hopper. Rhoda Penmark seems like your average, sweet eight-year-old girl. After her rival at school dies in mysterious circumstances at the school picnic, her mother starts to suspect that Rhoda was responsible.
Feb 26, 2016 · Rhoda's mother Christine doesn't know whether she should love or hate her daughter, but knows that Rhoda will kill again if something is not done. Christine discovers that her own biological mother was Bessie Denker, an infamous serial killer who was executed. Reviewer: Francine Dubicki - - August 16, 2022. Subject: Childhood favorite.
The Bad Seed is a 1954 horror novel by American writer William March, the last of his major works published before his death. Nominated for the 1955 National Book Award for Fiction, The Bad Seed tells the story of a mother's realization that her young daughter is a murderer.
Bad Seed, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Children Conceal Things Miss Fern (Joan Croydon), head of the school attended by the recently-drowned boy and Rhoda (Patty McCormack), arrives to query her mother Christine (Nancy Kelly) regarding unexplained facts, in The Bad Seed, 1956.
The Bad Seed masters the off-screen horror of the time, effectively pulling the emotional and terror tandem perfectly; though, this may put off some modern movie-goers.
Nov 16, 2013 · Overview. 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.
