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The Bad Seed
Description
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:
Edna Holland,
Patricia Morrow,
Dayton Lummis,
Don C. Harvey,
Frank Cady,
Jesse White,
Henry Jones
Edna Holland
September 20, 1895 in New York City, New York, USA
Patricia Morrow
February 17, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Dayton Lummis
August 8, 1903 in Summit, New Jersey, USA
Don C. Harvey
12 December 1911, Council Grove, Kansas, USA
Frank Cady
8 September 1915, Susanville, California, USA
Jesse White
3 January 1917, Buffalo, New York, USA
Henry Jones
1 August 1912, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Country:
United States
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QueenPokemonfzG (CouchTuner user)
May 04, 2025
19:05
A little outdated and melodramatic ut still my favorite version of this film. Must have been shocking in 1956!
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Edna Holland
September 20, 1895 in New York City, New York, USA
Patricia Morrow
February 17, 1944 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Dayton Lummis
August 8, 1903 in Summit, New Jersey, USA
Don C. Harvey
12 December 1911, Council Grove, Kansas, USA
Frank Cady
8 September 1915, Susanville, California, USA
Jesse White
3 January 1917, Buffalo, New York, USA
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Video-Reviewmaster.com
August 14, 2007
Excellent, chilling classic with McCormack as perfect demon child.
October 14, 2011
The dark drama that launched a genre of evil-kid movies. [Blu-ray]
New York Times
March 25, 2006
Mervyn LeRoy, who produced and directed, has lost a great deal of the bite of the play.
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Scandalous, scary and popular, but extremely outdated , this well-acted melodrama was one of the first to deal with criminal conduct as biologically conditioned
January 26, 2006
1956 was way too soon for an unfettered treatment of the central premise.
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.
October 01, 2011
...it's hard now to see what all the fuss was about.
January 01, 2000
Overlong, stiff, and about as suspenseful as a detergent commercial.
July 18, 2011
An erratic but compelling film that lingers long after the fade-out.
October 23, 2008
This melodrama about a child with an inbred talent for homicide is pretty unpleasant stuff on its own.
July 12, 2012
A near perfect thriller...