The Bad Seed (1956) [NR]

Release Date:
September 12, 1956

Original Title:
The Bad Seed

Alternate Titles:
A Semente Maldita
A Tara Maldita
Katarameni spora
La Mauvaise Graine
La mala semilla

Genres:
Drama | Horror | Thriller

Production Companies:
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 129

For little Rhoda, murder is child's play.

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.

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Art Direction:
John Beckman

Assistant Camera:
Frank Evans

Assistant Director:
Mel Dellar
Rusty Meek

Assistant Property Master:
Gene Delaney

Camera Operator:
Frank V. Phillips

Casting:
Hoyt Bowers

Costume Designer:
Moss Mabry

Costumer:
Leon Roberts

Director:
Mervyn LeRoy

Director of Photography:
Harold Rosson

Editor:
Warren Low

Grip:
Charles Harris

Hairdresser:
Ruby Felker

Makeup Artist:
George Lane

Novel:
William March

Orchestrator:
Maurice De Packh

Original Music Composer:
Alex North

Other:
Joan Joseff

Producer:
Mervyn LeRoy

Property Master:
John Gilbert Kissel

Screenplay:
John Lee Mahin

Script Supervisor:
Meta Rebner

Set Decoration:
Ralph S. Hurst

Sound:
Stanley Jones

Sound Editor:
Eugene Marks
Michael Colgan
Al Cavigga

Still Photographer:
Pat Clark

Theatre Play:
Maxwell Anderson

Unit Publicist:
Joe Halperin

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