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Bad Ronald

Bad Ronald

The Wood family doesn't know it. But the old house they've just bought is already occupied... by a psychopathic killer.

19746.31h 14m

Overview

When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.

Directed by Buzz Kulik
Written by Andrew Peter Marin, John Holbrook Vance
Produced by Philip Capice
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Top Cast

Scott Jacoby

Scott Jacoby

Ronald Wilby

Pippa Scott

Pippa Scott

Mrs. Wood

John Larch

John Larch

Sgt. Lynch

Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

Mr. Wood

Kim Hunter

Kim Hunter

Elaine Wilby

John Fiedler

John Fiedler

Mr. Roscoe

Linda Watkins

Linda Watkins

Mrs. Schumacher

Cindy Fisher

Cindy Fisher

Babs Wood

Cindy Eilbacher

Cindy Eilbacher

Althea Wood

Lisa Eilbacher

Lisa Eilbacher

Ellen Wood

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or bookmurderdeathmental illnesspeeping tomdeath of mothervoyeurismvoyeurhidden roomdisturbed teenagercrawlspace

About Bad Ronald

Bad Ronald is a tv movie, drama, thriller, horror film released in 1974 exploring themes of based on novel or book, murder, death, mental illness, peeping tom, death of mother. Directed by Buzz Kulik, it stars Scott Jacoby, Pippa Scott, John Larch. When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.

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