Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Jun 7, 1991

1h 45m

★ 6.1

No rules. No curfews. No baths. No nagging. No pulse.

Overview

Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the Crandells short on cash. Sue Ellen finds a sweet job in fashion by lying about her age and experience on her résumé. But, while her siblings run wild, she discovers the downside of adulthood

Genres

Comedy

Family

Production Companies

Cinema Plus

Douglas

Mercury

Outlaw Productions

HBO Films

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead Trailers

Cast

Swell

Christina Applegate

Rose Lindsey

Joanna Cassidy

Gus

John Getz

Bryan

Josh Charles

Kenny

Keith Coogan

Mom

Concetta Tomei

Bruce

David Duchovny

Cathy

Kimmy Robertson

Carolyn

Jayne Brook

Mrs. Sturak

Eda Reiss Merin

Walter

Robert Hy Gorman

Melissa

Danielle Harris

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