The Bad Seed
Time Out says
1956 was way too soon for an unfettered treatment of the central premise: an 8-year-old serial killer. On the other hand it was too late in Mervyn LeRoy's career for him still to command enough speed and style to overcome the staginess of it all (source: a creaky Broadway play by Maxwell Anderson). The ending, with McCormack and Kelly (monster and Mom respectively) coming on in propria personae to assure us they was only funnin', must be one of the most ignominious in movie history.
Details
Release details
Duration:
128 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Mervyn LeRoy
Screenwriter:
John Lee Mahin
Cast:
Patty McCormack
Nancy Kelly
Henry Jones
Eileen Heckart
Evelyn Varden
William Hopper
Nancy Kelly
Henry Jones
Eileen Heckart
Evelyn Varden
William Hopper