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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.
Language
Budget$1,000,000
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English
Budget$1,000,000
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Keywords
lightning
confession
child murder
murder
lightning bolt
psychotic
evil child
cautionary
murder confession
critical
foreboding
ominous
Casts
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
Joan Croydon
Claudia Fern
Frank Cady
Henry Daigle
Frances Bavier
Woman at Dinner Party (uncredited)
Violet N. Cane
Teacher (uncredited)
Vivian Clermont
Mary Beth Musgrove (uncredited)
Shelley Fabares
Margie (uncredited)
Kathy Garver
Rhoda's Classmate (uncredited)
Don C. Harvey
Guard in Hospital (uncredited)
Edna Holland
Saleslady (uncredited)
Dayton Lummis
Doctor (uncredited)
Natalie Masters
Nurse (uncredited)
Patricia Morrow
Ginny (uncredited)
Adele Taylor
Teacher (uncredited)
John Truax
Sergeant (uncredited)
Crews
William March
Novel
Maxwell Anderson
Theatre Play
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Mervyn LeRoy
Director
Joan Joseff
Other
Harold Rosson
Director of Photography
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Hoyt Bowers
Casting
Frank V. Phillips
Camera Operator
Moss Mabry
Costume Designer
Meta Rebner
Script Supervisor
Al Cavigga
Sound Editor
Mervyn LeRoy
Producer
Leon Roberts
Costumer
Eugene Marks
Sound Editor
Ralph S. Hurst
Set Decoration
Warren Low
Editor
Michael Colgan
Sound Editor
Gene Delaney
Assistant Property Master
Ruby Felker
Hairdresser
Joe Halperin
Unit Publicist
George Lane
Makeup Artist
Pat Clark
Still Photographer
Rusty Meek
Assistant Director
Stanley Jones
Sound
John Gilbert Kissel
Property Master
John Beckman
Art Direction
Alex North
Original Music Composer
Frank Evans
Assistant Camera
Mel Dellar
Assistant Director
Charles Harris
Grip
Backdrops & Posters
