Director: Mervyn LeRoy

Writer: John Lee Mahin

From novel: The Bad Seed by William March

From a play: Bad Seed by Maxwell Anderson

Music by: Alex North

Producer: Mervyn LeRoy

Keywords: Horror, Evil Children

An angelic ten-year-old raised by a military wife in a middle-class family, perfect in behavior and appearance, is a sociopathic serial killer. Chilling psychological thriller adapted from Maxwell Andersons's stage play. Nancy Kelly received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, and both Eileen Heckart and Patty McCormack received nominations for Best Supporting Actress.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Cady	Actor	8-Sep-1915	8-Jun-2012	Sam Drucker on Green Acres
Paul Fix	Actor	13-Mar-1901	14-Oct-1983	Marshal Torrance on The Rifleman
Eileen Heckart	Actor	29-Mar-1919	31-Dec-2001	Butterflies Are Free
William Hopper	Actor	26-Jan-1915	6-Mar-1970	Paul Drake on Perry Mason
Henry Jones	Actor	1-Aug-1912	17-May-1999	The Bad Seed
Nancy Kelly	Actor	25-Mar-1921	2-Jan-1995	The Bad Seed
Patty McCormack	Actor	21-Aug-1945		The Bad Seed
Evelyn Varden	Actor	12-Jun-1893	11-Jul-1958	The Bad Seed
Jesse White	Actor	3-Jan-1917	9-Jan-1997	The Maytag Repairman, 1967-88

CAST

Starring
Nancy Kelly	...   Christine Penmark
And Introducing
Patty McCormack	...   Rhoda
with
Henry Jones	...   Leroy
Eileen Heckart	...   Mrs. Daigle
Evelyn Varden	...   Monica
William Hopper	...   Kenneth Penmark
Paul Fix	...   Richard Bravo
Jesse White	...   Emory
Gage Clarke	...   Tasker
Joan Croydon	...   Miss Fern
Frank Cady	...   Henry Daigle

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