Evelyn Varden

Young Patty McCormack received an Oscar nomination for her performance as a murderous child in this chilling drama classic. Based on the play by Maxwell Anderson, it's an eerie examination of the question of nature versus nurture in the form of a little girl who is evil personified.

A stolen fortune left behind by their dead father pits two young children against a psychopathic preacher after he marries their naive mother.