A housewife suspects that her seemingly perfect eight year-old daughter is a heartless killer.
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Nancy Kelly | ... | Christine Penmark | |
| Patty McCormack | ... | Rhoda Penmark | |
| Henry Jones | ... | Leroy Jessup | |
| Eileen Heckart | ... | Hortense Daigle | |
| Evelyn Varden | ... | Monica Breedlove | |
| William Hopper | ... | Col. Kenneth Penmark | |
| Paul Fix | ... | Richard Bravo | |
| Jesse White | ... | Emory Wages | |
| Gage Clarke | ... | Reginald 'Reggie' Tasker | |
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Joan Croydon | ... | Claudia Fern (as Joan Croyden) |
| Frank Cady | ... | Henry Daigle | |
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Christine Penmark seems to have it all: a lovely home, a loving husband and the most "perfect" daughter in the world. But since childhood, Christine has suffered from the most terrible recurring nightmare. And her "perfect" daughter's accomplishments include lying, theft and possibly much, much worse. Only Christine knows the truth about her daughter and only Christine's father knows the truth about her nightmare. Written by A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net>
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evil child | colonel | girl | female protagonist | family relationships |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 September 1956 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$1,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Color:
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(uncredited)
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Lully
Played on the piano by Patty McCormack and whistled by Henry Jones
Played often in the score
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Final film of Nancy Kelly. NOTE: Despite earning an Oscar nomination for this film, she never made another theatrical movie, only focusing on TV projects. See more »Goofs
When Leroy goes down to the incinerator after talking to Rhoda. As he opens the incinerator he goes to a lot of trouble not to be burned by the metal doors. But when he gets the doors open. After that, he just reaches right in and grabs the soles of the shoes right out of the apparently hot incinerator. See more »Quotes
Hortense Daigle: I'm drunk. It's a pleasure to stay drunk when your little boy's been killed.See more »
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"You have just seen a motion picture whose theme dares to be startlingly different. May we ask that you do not divulge the unusual climax of the story. Thank you." See more »Soundtracks
Au clair de la lune(uncredited)
Attributed to Jean-Baptiste Lully
Played on the piano by Patty McCormack and whistled by Henry Jones
Played often in the score
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I first saw this movie when I was about 10-11. I cried my eyes out....doesn't effect me the same way now, but I truly admire Patty McCormick's acting ability. A true classic and now-a-days the premise of the story is maybe truer than the writer ever would have guessed