The Bad Seed (1956) Movie poster and book cover compared.

The Bad Seed

Mervyn LeRoy, 1956

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Bad Seed
Maxwell Anderson, 1956

The Bad Seed is a movie directed by Mervyn LeRoy in 1956 and based on the play Bad Seed by Maxwell Anderson, first published in 1956. The movie features Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden, William Hopper, and others.

What users say

“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

The Movie is also based on

Book cover
The Bad Seed (1954)
Book by William March

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RATING

7.5

/ 10

Movie Poster: The Bad Seed (Mervyn LeRoy, 1956)

7.9

/ 10

Book Cover: Bad Seed (Maxwell Anderson, 1956)

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Storyline

A single mother, adopted herself as a small child, discovers the horrifying truth that within her seemingly angelic young daughter beats the heart of a cold-blooded serial murderer… even as she learns that her own mother killed everyone else in her family. Now as more people die, one woman must make a terrible decision about the daughter she loves and desperately wants to protect.

Movie vs Book

Poster of The Bad Seed, the 1956 movie by Mervyn LeRoy

Year

1956

Minutes

129

Movie Rate

7.50

Source: IMDb

Movie

The Bad Seed

Country: USA

Year: 1956

Length: 2h9m

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Cover of Bad Seed, the 1956 book by Maxwell Anderson

Year

1956

Pages

84

Book Rate

7.92

S: Goodreads

Book

Bad Seed

Country: USA

First published in: 1956

Length: 84 pages

Genre: Play

Other screen adaptations of the book

Movie poster
The Bad Seed (1985)
Movie by Paul Wendkos
Movie poster
The Bad Seed (2018)
Movie by Rob Lowe
Movie poster
The Bad Seed Returns (2022)
Movie by Louise Archambault

User polls & recommendations

Which is better?

Poster of The Bad Seed, the 1956 movie by Mervyn LeRoy

Movie

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Cover of Bad Seed, the 1956 book by Maxwell Anderson

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4 VOTES

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movie

IS IT WORTH WATCHING?

Poster of The Bad Seed, the 1956 movie by Mervyn LeRoy

WATCH

Yes

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11% No

8 votes

1 votes

book

IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of Bad Seed, the 1956 book by Maxwell Anderson

READ

Yes

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42% No

7 votes

5 votes

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