Sitting Pretty
“Never was a baby-sitter like this!”
1948•1h 23m•7.1•Released
Comedy
Tacey and Harry King are a suburban couple with three sons and a serious need of a babysitter. Tacey puts an ad in the paper for a live-in babysitter, and the ad is answered by Lynn Belvedere. But when she arrives, she turns out to be a man. And not just any man, but a most eccentric, outrageously forthright genius with seemingly a million careers and experiences behind him.
Director
Walter Lang
Writer
F. Hugh Herbert
Languages
English, Italian
Studio
20th Century Fox
Cast
Robert Young
Harry King
Maureen O'Hara
Tacey King
Clifton Webb
Lynn Belvedere
Richard Haydn
Clarence Appleton
Louise Allbritton
Edna Philby
Randy Stuart
Peggy
Ed Begley
Horatio J. Hammond
Larry Olsen
Larry King
John Russell
Bill Philby
Betty Lynn
Ginger
Willard Robertson
Mr. Ashcroft
Charles Arnt
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
Gertrude Astor
Townswoman (uncredited)
Barbara Blaine
Jitterbug (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
Club Patron (uncredited)
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Samuel G. Engel
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