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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)

Film · 1991 · 105 min · PG-13 · Comedy

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

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

Directed by Stephen Herek

Starring Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz, Josh Charles, Keith Coogan, Concetta Tomei, David Duchovny, Kimmy Robertson

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In cinemas7 June 1991
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First release anywhere7 June 1991

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