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Director
  
Paul Wendkos

Language
  
English

Country
  
USA

5.6/10
IMDb

3.9/5
Amazon

Genre
  
Drama, Horror, Mystery

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Bad Seed (1985 film) movie poster

Release date
  
February 7, 1985 (1985-02-07)

Writer
  
Maxwell Anderson (based upon the play by), William March (based on the novel by), George Eckstein (teleplay)

Nominations
  
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie

Cast
  
Blair Brown
(Christine Penmark),
Christa Denton
(Rhoda Penmark),
Lynn Redgrave
(Monica Breedlove),
David Carradine
(Leroy Jessup),
Carrie Wells
(Rachel Penmark),
Richard Kiley
(Richard Bravo)

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Tagline
  
Evil Kids Have The Sweetest Faces

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The Bad Seed in a 1985 film directed by Paul Wendkos for ABC Television. It is based on the 1954 novel by William March and is a remake of the 1956 movie directed by Mervyn LeRoy.

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Synopsis

Freak fatal accidents force a widow to realize her precocious 9-year-old daughter was born to kill.

Detailed plot

Rachel is a 9-year-old girl who is perfection itself — unless she's crossed or challenged. Several disturbing recent incidents have led Rachel's mother Christine to suspect that her child is a latent murderess. Upon discovering that she herself is the daughter of a convicted killer, Christine becomes convinced that sweet little Rachel is a "bad seed" — a born killer without conscience or remorse.

Major characters

  • Blair Brown as Christine Penmark
  • Lynn Redgrave as Monica Breedlove
  • David Carradine as Leroy Jessup
  • Carrie Welles as Rachel Penmark
  • Richard Kiley as Richard Bravo
  • David Ogden Stiers as Emory Breedlove
  • Chad Allen as Mark Daigler
  • Christa Denton as Rhoda Penmark

    • Minor characters

  • Eve Smith as Mrs. Post
  • Carol Locatell as Rita Dailger
  • Anne Haney as Alice Fern

    • References

    The Bad Seed (1985 film) Wikipedia
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