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6.2/10   87 votes
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Writers:
Frank Harvey (writer)
Ronald Scott Thorn (novel)
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Release Date:
2 November 1959 (Sweden) more
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The Babysitter With the French Touch - M-M-M Mylene Demongeot more
Plot:
On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Michael Craig ... Richard Barry
Anne Heywood ... Mrs. Kate Barry
Mylène Demongeot ... Ingrid (as Myléne Demongeot)
James Robertson Justice ... Mansfield

Claudia Cardinale ... Maria
Sid James ... P.C. Edwards
Joan Hickson ... Rosemary
Joan Sims ... Blodwen
Joseph Tomelty ... Arthur Farringdon
Nora Nicholson ... Edith Farringdon
Daniel Massey ... Wesley Cotes
Austin Willis ... McGuffey
Margalo Gillmore ... Mrs. McGuffey
Reginald Beckwith ... Parson
Cyril Chamberlain ... Guard
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Additional Details

Runtime:
101 min | Germany:89 min | Argentina:95 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Dirk Bogarde was asked to play Richard. more

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Something For Everyone, 12 February 2007
7/10
Author: robertconnor from England

When a young couple marry, the father of the bride hires a maid to look after them. Proving completely unsuitable, the couple embark on a series of hilarious attempts to find a replacement.

A curious film this, rather subversive (for 1959), episodic in feel and strangely (but effectively) mixing farce with poignancy. The leads are attractive, but the show is repeatedly stolen by a brilliant supporting cast. From Hickson's hysterically funny turn as the inebriated, dog-owning housekeeper Rosemary (her drunken ascending of the stairs is a delight) to Demongeot's joyously natural performance as Ingrid, the entire production is hugely entertaining and barking mad!

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