The Bad Seed

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drama film film psychological horror film

The Bad Seed is a 1956 American psychological horror-drama film about a seemingly perfect little girl who may be a remorseless killer.

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The Bad Seed canonical 4
The Bad Seed (1956 film) 4
Bad Seed (screenplay adaptation) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
psychological horror film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork William March ⓘ
basedOn The Bad Seed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Bad Seed (novel)

The Bad Seed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Bad Seed (play)
character Christine Penmark ⓘ
Hortense Daigle ⓘ
Rhoda Penmark ⓘ
cinematography Harold Rosson ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ
distributedIn theatrical release ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Warren Low ⓘ
featuresTheme child psychopathology ⓘ
familial guilt ⓘ
nature versus nurture ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
psychological horror ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasAdaptation The Bad Seed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Bad Seed (2018 film)
hasFilmRatingSystem Motion Picture Production Code ⓘ
language English ⓘ
motionPictureRating Approved ⓘ
musicBy Alex North ⓘ
narrativeFocus seemingly perfect little girl who may be a remorseless killer ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
playwrightOfSourceWork Maxwell Anderson ⓘ
producer Mervyn LeRoy ⓘ
productionCompany Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1956-09-12 ⓘ
releaseYear 1956 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 129 ⓘ
screenwriter John Lee Mahin ⓘ
setting United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

urban residential neighborhood ⓘ
starring Eileen Heckart ⓘ
Evelyn Varden ⓘ
Henry Jones ⓘ
Nancy Kelly ⓘ
Patty McCormack ⓘ
Paul Fix ⓘ
William Hopper ⓘ

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Mervyn LeRoy → notableWork → The Bad Seed ⓘ
Mervyn LeRoy → directed → The Bad Seed ⓘ
Maxwell Anderson → notableWork → The Bad Seed ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bad Seed (screenplay adaptation)
Patty McCormack → notableWork → The Bad Seed ⓘ
Patty McCormack → notableWork → The Bad Seed ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Seed (2018 TV film)
Patty McCormack → performedIn → The Bad Seed ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Seed (1956 film)
Patty McCormack → performedIn → The Bad Seed ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Seed (Broadway play)
John Lee Mahin → notableWork → The Bad Seed ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Seed (1956 film)
John Lee Mahin → workedOn → The Bad Seed ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Seed (1956 film)
The Bad Seed → basedOn → The Bad Seed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Seed (play)
The Bad Seed → basedOn → The Bad Seed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Seed (novel)
The Bad Seed → hasAdaptation → The Bad Seed self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Seed (2018 film)
Nancy Kelly → notableWork → The Bad Seed ⓘ
Nancy Kelly → performedIn → The Bad Seed ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Bad Seed (1956 film)