Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, dote on their daughter, Rhoda -- as does their lonely landlady, Monica Breedlove. But self-centered Rhoda has a secret tendency for selfishness and loves to accumulate gifts, whether given or stolen, in her room. 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.
Patty McCormack | Rhoda Penmark |
Eileen Heckart | Hortense Daigle |
Henry Jones | Leroy Jessup |
Nancy Kelly | Christine Penmark |
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 |
Violet N. Cane | Teacher (uncredited) |