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The Bad Seed

1956, Movie, NR, 127 mins

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An erratic but compelling film that lingers long after the fade-out. Patty McCormack is unforgettable as an eight-year-old liar, cheat and murderess whose own mother (Nancy Kelly) is convinced is a bad seed. Mother, of course, is right, but no one believes her. Director Mervyn LeRoy deftly maneuvers what could have been a stagey and talky script (based on the stage hit by Maxwell Anderson) and keeps the action moving at a brisk clip. IPG; An erratic but compelling film that lingers long after the fade-out. Patty McCormack is unforgettable as an eight-year-old liar, cheat and murderess whose own mother (Nancy Kelly) is convinced is a bad seed. Mother, of course, is right, but no one believes her. Director Mervyn LeRoy deftly maneuvers what could have been a stagey and talky script (based on the stage hit) and keeps the action moving at a brisk clip. Read the complete review for The Bad Seed
Year: 1956
Rated NR

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Cast
Nancy Kelly: Mrs. Christine Penmark
Patty McCormack: Rhoda Penmark
Henry Jones: LeRoy, Handyman
Eileen Heckart: Mrs. Daigle
Evelyn Varden: Monica Breedlove
William Hopper: Kenneth Penmark

 

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