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.

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Nancy Kelly
• Patty McCormack
• Henry Jones
• Eileen Heckart
• Evelyn Varden
• William Hopper
• Paul Fix
• Jesse White