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Grade-schooler Rhoda Penmark (Patty McCormack) is sweet, smart and inherently evil! After a school chum dies during a picnic, no one suspects Rhoda, except the janitor (Henry Jones) of her apartment building. But when Rhoda's mother, Christine (Nancy Kelly), finds out that her own mother is a cold-blooded killer, she begins to suspect Rhoda might be the victim of some faulty genetic wiring. Based on Maxwell Anderson's play.

A WOMAN'S SHAME...Out in the Open!

Sowing the seeds of evil.The Bad Seed is directed by Mervyn LeRoy and adapted to screenplay by Maxwell Anderson from the novel of the same name written by William March. Anderson had also adapted for the stage play as well. It stars Nancy Kelly, William Hopper, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart and Evelyn Varden. Music is by Alex North and cinematography by Harold Rossen.Is there such a thing as Bad Seed? Where I grew up there was a violent family of four brothers, each one would think nothing of doing a Begbie on you. It was the first time I heard the saying Bad Seed, with the conversation basically saying that their father was a psychopath and the four lads just inherited the violent tendencies by way of Pops. It's this theory that drives LeRoy's movie, only here it's a young "butter-wouldn't-melt-in-her-mouth" girl who has murderous leanings courtesy of her Nana's iffy genetics.The theatre origins are very much evident, there is no hiding this fact, with the acting (some of the actors are held over from the play here) very much as if playing to an open auditorium, while at over two hours in length there's an over stretching of the talk heavy material. However, this is a very engrossing piece of horror cinema, pulsing unpleasantness and mood oppressive by way of black and white photography and a musical score that underlines the blending of sweet innocence and sinister evil.McCormack as the Devil Child is outstanding, likewise Jones as the simpleton handyman who recognises evil when he sees it. Kelly, Heckart, McCormack and Rossen were all Academy Award nominated for their respective work in the film. As for the much discussed finale? Personally I have no problem with what transpires as regards mother and child. Oh for sure the ending to both the novel and play is far darker and dramatic, but there's a campy bizarreness in this Production Code influenced denouement that befits the whole production. Though the end credits curtain calls by the cast members is pushing it too far... 7.5/10

Movie details The Bad Seed

Release : 1956-09-12
Genre : Drama, Horror, Thriller
Runtime : 129 minutes
Company : Warner Bros.

Cast

	Patty McCormack	as	Rhoda Penmark
	Eileen Heckart	as	Hortense Daigle
	Henry Jones	as	Leroy Jessup
	Nancy Kelly	as	Christine Penmark
	Evelyn Varden	as	Monica Breedlove
	William Hopper	as	Col. Kenneth Penmark
	Paul Fix	as	Richard Bravo
	Jesse White	as	Emory Wages
	Gage Clarke	as	Reginald 'Reggie' Tasker
	Joan Croydon	as	Claudia Fern
	Frank Cady	as	Henry Daigle

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