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The Bad seed / Warner Bros. Pictures ; a Mervyn LeRoy production ; screenplay by John Lee Mahin ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
LIBRA VHS PS3505.A53157 B362 1991
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- March, William, 1893-1954--Film adaptations.
- March, William.
- Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959--Film adaptations.
- Anderson, Maxwell.
- Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959.
- March, William, 1893-1954.
- Serial murderers--Drama.
- Serial murderers.
- Criminal behavior--Genetic aspects--Drama.
- Criminal behavior.
- Criminal behavior--Genetic aspects.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Horror films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (129 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- monochrome
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, cl991.
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Rhoda Penmark is a polite, well-behaved little girl and a ruthless killer. Her adoring mother Christine discovers what her daughter has done and learns that Rhoda has inherited the "bad seed," a moral blindness that has skipped a generation. Torn between love for her child and grief for Rhoda's victims, Christine must make a harrowing decision.
- Participant:
- Patty McCormack, Nancy Kelly, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden.
- Credits:
- Photography, Hal Rosson ; editor, Warren Low ; music, Alex North.
- Notes:
- Not rated.
- Based upon the play The bad seed, by Maxwell Anderson, and the novel by William March.
- Videocassette release of the 1956 motion picture.
- ISBN:
- 0790702495
- OCLC:
- 27667940
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