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UNITED STATES · 1956

The Bad Seed

Mervyn LeRoy
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Synopsis

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.

Year1956
CountryUnited States
DirectorMervyn LeRoy
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