

Sitting Pretty(1948)
"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.
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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

Willard Robertson
Mr. Ashcroft

Charles Arnt
Mr. Taylor (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor
Townswoman (uncredited)
Barbara Blaine
Jitterbug (uncredited)
Boyd Cabeen
Club Patron (uncredited)
Ken Christy
Mr. McPherson (uncredited)
Mary Field
Della (uncredited)

Grayce Hampton
Mrs. Appleton (uncredited)

Leota Lorraine
Conference Guest (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe
Effie (uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald
Cop (uncredited)
Lee MacGregor
Jitterbug (uncredited)

Marion Marshall
Secretary (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Waiter (uncredited)
Roddy McCaskill
Roddy King (uncredited)

Mira McKinney
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

Dave Morris
John the Mailman (uncredited)

Jane Nigh
Mabel Phillips (uncredited)
Anne O'Neal
Mrs. Gibbs (uncredited)
Charles Owens
Jitterbug (uncredited)

Isabel Randolph
Mrs. R. B. Frisbee (uncredited)
Albin Robeling
Maitre D' (uncredited)

Loretta Russell
Conference Guest (uncredited)

Syd Saylor
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Harry Seymour
Waiter (uncredited)
Bill Sheehan
Cab Driver (uncredited)

Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Ashcroft (uncredited)
Anthony Sydes
Tony King (uncredited)

Charles Tannen
Newsreel Director (uncredited)
Bob Tidwell
Jitterbug (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal
Mrs. Maypole (uncredited)

Ruth Warren
Matron (uncredited)

Billy Wayne
Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Josephine Whittell
Martha Hammond (uncredited)

Cara Williams
Secretary (uncredited)
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