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The Bad Seed
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A housewife suspects that her seemingly perfect eight year-old daughter is a heartless killer. She keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of the little girl's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
A housewife suspects that her seemingly perfect eight year-old daughter is a heartless killer. She keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of the little girl's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Actors:
Frank Cady,
Natalie Masters,
Patty McCormack,
Edna Holland,
Kathy Garver,
John Truax,
Frances Bavier,
Patricia Morrow,
William Hopper,
Joan Croydon,
Paul Fix,
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Frank Cady
8 September 1915, Susanville, California, USA
Natalie Masters
23 November 1915, San Francisco, California, USA
Patty McCormack
21 August 1945, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Edna Holland
September 20, 1895 in New York City, New York, USA
Kathy Garver
13 December 1945, Long Beach, California, USA
John Truax
October 1, 1915 in Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Frances Bavier
14 December 1902, New York City, New York, USA
Patricia Morrow
February 17, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA
William Hopper
26 January 1915, New York City, New York, USA
Joan Croydon
15 May 1908, New York City, New York, USA
Paul Fix
13 March 1901, Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Mervyn LeRoy
15 October 1900, San Francisco, California, USA
Country:
United States
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Video-Reviewmaster.com
August 14, 2007
Excellent, chilling classic with McCormack as perfect demon child.
October 23, 2008
This melodrama about a child with an inbred talent for homicide is pretty unpleasant stuff on its own.
June 29, 2005
Scandalous, scary and popular, but extremely outdated , this well-acted melodrama was one of the first to deal with criminal conduct as biologically conditioned
July 12, 2012
A near perfect thriller...
July 18, 2011
An erratic but compelling film that lingers long after the fade-out.
Film Threat
October 31, 2011
The 'secret' villain is the missing father - or we should say, the mother for trying to child-rear by herself ... The bad seed is dead - but single parents, be warned.
July 18, 2011
Director LeRoy has been overly faithful to the play script.
January 26, 2006
1956 was way too soon for an unfettered treatment of the central premise.
October 01, 2011
...it's hard now to see what all the fuss was about.
New York Times
March 25, 2006
Mervyn LeRoy, who produced and directed, has lost a great deal of the bite of the play.
October 14, 2011
The dark drama that launched a genre of evil-kid movies. [Blu-ray]
January 01, 2000
Overlong, stiff, and about as suspenseful as a detergent commercial.