The Bad Seed
1956 · 129 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 16,535 VOTES · DIR. Mervyn LeRoy
Overview
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a schoolmate of Rhoda's dies mysteriously, her self-deception unravels.
Dialogue Timeline — 2,031 lines
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00:01:45 - Be right out, Sergeant. - Yes, sir.
00:06:19 She knows what she wants, and she asks for it.
00:10:56 He meant to do it.
00:16:13 My, yes. That simply fascinating, paranoidal female.
00:20:51 I interrupt this program to...
00:26:47 Either that or be in church, burning a candle in a blue cup.
00:32:45 The guard didn't identify the girl by name...
00:37:22 Just the same.
00:42:55 We both have to do what we can.
00:48:44 just a little before lunchtime.
00:53:16 No, no message.
00:58:31 It was you who was silly, thinking you could wash off blood, and you can't!
01:04:11 Yes, like mathematicians and musicians.
01:08:37 it was realized that she must have started at the age of 10.
01:12:57 constantly analyzing.
01:17:56 Daddy.
01:24:17 But he shook his head and said no.
01:29:56 You know something?
01:35:58 but have you and Kenneth come to a parting of the ways?
01:40:59 I didn't know Rhoda had all these social obligations.
01:47:34 - There was nothing you could do. - This time I saw it with my own eyes.
01:53:14 Yes.
02:00:04 I really think it would be best. I won't leave Mrs. Penmark...
02:09:06 English
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed2,031
Dialogue density15.7 lines / min
First line00:01:45
Final line02:09:06
Production Record
DirectorMervyn LeRoy
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,000,000
IMDb votes16,535