It has an amusing enough premise, but Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead will just leave viewers pining for the madcap hijinks promised by the title.
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Movie Info
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Director -
Stephen Herek -
Screenwriter -
Neil Landau , Tara Ison -
Distributor -
Warner Bros. -
Production Co -
Outlaw Productions , Home Box Office (HBO) , Mercury Productions -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
Comedy -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Jun 7, 1991, Wide -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Oct 17, 2016 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$23.0M -
Runtime -
1h 45m -
Sound Mix -
Stereo , Surround
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