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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 ...
- Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an...
- Henry Jones
Early in his career, he performed with the Hedgerow Theatre...
- The Bad Seed
The Bad Seed is a 1954 horror novel by American writer...
- Nancy Kelly
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.
- (16K)
- Drama, Horror, Thriller
- Mervyn LeRoy
A woman with a hidden past discovers the horrifying truth that within her seemingly angelic young daughter beats the heart of a cold-blooded killer. Subtitles: English. Starring: Nancy Kelly Patty McCormack Henry Jones Evelyn Varden Eileen Heckart William Hopper. Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy.
- Mervyn Leroy
- 129 min
- January 1, 1956
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.
- William March
- 1954
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.
- Mervyn Leroy, Mel Dellar, George "Rusty" Meek
- Gage Clarke
Young Patty McCormack received an Oscar nomination for her performance as a murderous child in this chilling drama classic. 5,086 IMDb 7.4 2 h 9 min 1956. X-Ray 13+.
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Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark (William Hopper) and his wife, Christine (Nancy Kelly), dote on their pig-tailed daughter, Rhoda (Patty McCormack) -- as does their lonely...
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