Sitting Pretty

1948 83 min ★ 7.1 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.

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Cast

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

Details

Director

Walter Lang

Screenplay

F. Hugh Herbert

Tagline

"Never was a baby-sitter like this!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

20th Century Fox

Reviews

C

CinemaSerf

April 24, 2022

★ 7/10

"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 a...