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The Bad Seed
For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.
For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.
Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller - 1956
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Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, dote on their daughter, Rhoda -- as does their lonely landlady, Monica Breedlove. But self-centered Rhoda has a secret tendency for selfishness and loves to accumulate gifts, whether given or stolen, in her room. 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.
Director:
,
Mervyn LeRoy
Cast:
,
William Hopper
,
Henry Jones
,
Paul Fix
,
Evelyn Varden
,
Eileen Heckart
,
Jesse White
,
Nancy Kelly
,
Gage Clarke
,
Patty McCormack
,
Joan Croydon

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Rated:
APPROVED
Runtime:
129 min
Release date:
12 Sep 1956
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$1,000,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 1 nomination.

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
1956 was way too soon for an unfettered treatment of the central premise.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
Director LeRoy has been overly faithful to the play script.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
18 Jul 2011
rotten:
Overlong, stiff, and about as suspenseful as a detergent commercial.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Mervyn LeRoy, who produced and directed, has lost a great deal of the bite of the play.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
rotten:
This melodrama about a child with an inbred talent for homicide is pretty unpleasant stuff on its own.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
23 Oct 2008
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