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Director:
Walter Lang
Writers:
Gwen Davenport (novel)
F. Hugh Herbert (screenplay)
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Release Date:
April 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Tagline:
NEVER WAS A BABY-SITTER LIKE THIS! (original print media ad - all caps)
Plot:
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... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins more
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User Comments:
Hilarious! Cute and funny, witty and sophisticated. more (14 total)

Cast

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Robert Young ... Harry King

Maureen O'Hara ... Tacey King
Clifton Webb ... Lynn Belvedere
Richard Haydn ... Mr. 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 (as Betty Ann Lynn)
Willard Robertson ... Mr. Ashcroft
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dorothy Adams ... Mrs. Goul (scenes deleted)
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:S
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Lynn Belvedere: I am, in my way, a philosopher.
Harry King: Oh, I see, you just sit and think.
Lynn Belvedere: Mr. King, if more people just sat and thought, the world might not be in the stinking mess that it is.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "You Bet Your Life: (#2.35)" (1952) more
Soundtrack:
Brazil (Aquarela do Brasil) more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Hilarious! Cute and funny, witty and sophisticated., 10 November 2000
Author: (pcronin@iopener.net) from Chicago, Illinois

This movie is hilarious! I don't think I stopped laughing the entire time. Everything about it is cute and funny, with the perfect counterbalance of wit and sophistication. Robert Young is in handsome lighthearted form, and the children are of course adorable and winsome - especially Roddy, who wails at the slightest provocation. It has everything! The more I watch it, the more humorous subplots emerge. My favorite scenes are when the nosy neighbors spread rumors of Lynn and Tacey's sordid affair, and she says at the lounge as they pass by, "Let's give them something to gossip about!", and proceeds to jitterbug with him. And when Mr Belvedere exposes the hypocrisy of the townspeople: Priceless. I'm so pleased with Ms O'Hara's versatility when you think about the vastly contrasting films in their genres, themes and moods that she made around the same time within the space of a few years, how they display her dynamism and acting genius with her outstandingly unique ubiquitous great theatrical stage presence that translates well to the screen which is so rare and difficult a feat to accomplish. She appears equally at home with deep brooding roles as she does the urbane comedic together-woman. This is definitely one of her best!

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