The Bad Seed

Starring: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, et al.

Odd fatal accidents lead a mother to know her 8-year-old daughter was born to kill. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

• Format: Blu-ray
• UPC: 883929189694
• Release Date: January 1
• Rating: NR
• Publisher: Tanwater
• Director: Mervyn LeRoy
• Starring: Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper, Paul Fix, Jesse White, Gage Clarke, Joan Croydon
• Runtime: 2 hours, 9 minutes
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.

Customer Reviews

“Why can’t they be like we were? Perfect in every way.”

“What’s the matter with kids today?” From “Bye Bye Birdie” (1963). “A picture of emotional extremes and sensitive depth!” This is based on a play that is based on the 1954 novel by William March. So, a child, Rhoda Penmark, played by Patty McCormack, creates a small faux pas while correcting what she sees as a negative situation; what would you have done if you were her? Everyone suspects that she did something wrong. However, all you have to see is her cute little smile, and you know that she is innocent. Henry Jones, as Leroy Jessup, can read her mind and is pretty sure she did it. See him again in “Support Your Local Sheriff!” (1969). However, Willian Hopper as “Col. Kenneth Penmark” gets a basket of hugs. See him again in “The Deadly Mantis” (1957). Cute little Patty McCormack has been on film and TV for over five decades. However, I will always wonder where Rhoda Penmark ends, and Patty McCormack begins. This movie was remade in 1985 and 2018.