Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

June. 07,1991      PG-13
Rating:
6.3
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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

Christina Applegate as  Swell
Joanna Cassidy as  Rose Lindsey
John Getz as  Gus
Josh Charles as  Bryan
Keith Coogan as  Kenny
Concetta Tomei as  Mom
David Duchovny as  Bruce
Kimmy Robertson as  Cathy
Jayne Brook as  Carolyn
Robert Hy Gorman as  Walter

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