Sitting Pretty (1948)
Release Date: Jan 1, 1948 Wide
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Clifton Webb has the role of a lifetime as Lynn Belvedere, self-styled genius and expert on everything. Belvedere accepts the job of baby-sitting the troublesome children of Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara; he wins the job by calmly dumping a bowl of cold oatmeal on the head of the couple's most contentious offspring! At first the family chafes at Belvedere's imperiousness and unlimited resourcefulness, but gradually everyone--especially the children--grow quite fond of the man. The couple's
Jan 1, 1948 Wide
Mar 16, 1999
Twentieth Century Fox
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Cast
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Robert Young
Harry -
Charles Arnt
Mr. Taylor -
Maureen O'Hara
Tacey -
Clifton Webb
Lynn Belvedere -
Richard Haydn
Mr. Appleton -
Ken Christy
Mr. McPherson -
Ed Begley Sr.
Hammond -
Mary Field
Librarian -
Grayce Hampton
Mrs. Appleton -
Louise Allbritton
Edna Philby -
Ellen Lowe
Effie -
Betty Lynn
Ginger -
Marion Marshall
Secretary -
Roddy McCaskill
Roddy -
Mira McKinney
Mrs. Phillips -
Dave Morris
Mailman -
Anne O'Neal
Mrs. Gibbs -
Larry Olsen
Larry -
Isabel Randolph
Mrs. Frisbee -
Albin Robeling
Maitre d' -
Willard Robertson
Mr. Ashcroft -
John Russell
Bill Philby -
Sid Saylor
Cab Driver -
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Ashcroft -
Randy Stuart
Peggy -
Anthony Sydes
Tony -
Minerva Urecal
Mrs. Maypole -
Ruth Warren
Matron -
Billy Wayne
Newsreel Man -
Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Hammond -
Dorothy Adams
Mrs. Goul -
Gertrude Astor
Woman -
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Jane Nigh
Mable -
Charles Tannen
Director -
Cara Williams
Secretary
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This is the effete curmudgeon character film role that endeared the 60 -year-old Clifton Webb to the public and made him a star.
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