Sitting Pretty (1948)

03/10/1948Comedy1h 23m
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Never was a baby-sitter like this!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Robert Young

    Harry King

  2. Cast 1

    Maureen O'Hara

    Tacey King

  3. Cast 1

    Clifton Webb

    Lynn Belvedere

  4. Cast 1

    Richard Haydn

    Mr. Clarence Appleton

  5. Cast 1

    Louise Allbritton

    Edna Philby

  6. Cast 1

    Randy Stuart

    Peggy

  7. Cast 1

    Ed Begley

    Horatio J. Hammond

  8. Larry Olsen

    Larry King

  9. Cast 1

    John Russell

    Bill Philby

"Harry" (Robert Young) and "Tacey" (Maureen O'Hara) are in need of a new maid after their other, a bit of a beer-swiller, departs. They take out an advertisement and get a response from a promising "Lynn Belvedere", but he - well that says it all! Initially sceptical of this somewhat supercilious man, they soon find his services indispensable, even if his presence in their lives brings a certain attention from the local gossips - led, admirably, by Richard Haydn's, scene-stealing and frankly quite throttle-able "Appleton". It turns out, though, that the rather secretive "Mr. Belvedere", has an...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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