The Bad Seed
Talk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!
1956 2 hours 9 minutesTalk all you want about the man and the woman -- but please don't tell about the girl!
1956 2 hours 9 minutes
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.
12th September 1956
69 years ago
2 hours 9 minutes
Finishes at 10:45am
$1,000,000 ($9,719,200 today)
Revenue unknown
Nominated for 4 Oscars. 1 win & 6 nominations total
7.4/10
64%
51%
71%
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