The Sitter


2h 1991

Brief Synopsis

A successful author and his wife arrange for a sitter to watch over their five-year-old daughter during a hotel stay. The little girl's life turns into a terrifying ordeal when she is trapped into playing frightening games with the disturbed woman charged with watching over her.

Film Details

Also Known As
Sitter
Genre
Thriller
Release Date
1991
Production Company
Cinelease, Inc.; Digital Sound & Pictures; Fox Broadcasting Company; Hollywood Animals; Laserpacific Media Corporation; Mario's Catering; Pacific Film Labs; Panavision, Ltd.
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Synopsis

A successful author and his wife arrange for a sitter to watch over their five-year-old daughter during a hotel stay. The little girl's life turns into a terrifying ordeal when she is trapped into playing frightening games with the disturbed woman charged with watching over her.

Crew

Alicia Allain-ryder

Hair

Scott Ambrose

Property Master

Eric D Andersen

Camera Operator

Charlotte Armstrong

Source Material (From Novel)

Michael Atwell

Carpenter

Raphael Ayala

Swing Gang

J J Azizian

Grip

Jurgen Baum

Gaffer

Karen Bauman

Assistant

Rick Berger

Screenwriter

Paul Berolzheimer

Sound Editor

Michael Allan Burnette

Driver

Linda Carmichael

Other

Billy Colbert

Driver

Deborah Cottrill

Props Assistant

Joe Dipasquale

Assistant

Martha Elcan

Assistant Director

Charlotte Evans

Makeup Assistant

Charlotte Evans

Hair Assistant

Matthew Flynn

Set Production Assistant

John Fortino

Driver

Jerold Franks

Casting

Harry Frierson

Swing Gang

David Fudge

Assistant Director

Jarek Gorczycki

Electrician

Cheryle Grace

On-Set Dresser

David Grant

Dialogue Editor

Holger Gross

Production Designer

Gary Grout

Craft Service

Mike Gulbin

Dolly Grip

Mitch Gulbin

Key Grip

David Halbert

Boom Operator

Gerald Harvey

Driver

Sanja Milkovic Hays

Costume Designer

Bill Holdsworth

Electrician

Basta Jankowski

Assistant Production Accountant

Laura Karpman

Music

Victor Kloster

Driver

Mark Lasko

Location Manager

Jay R Lawton

Assistant Editor

John Lee

Driver

Robert Lemchen

Production Manager

Kathy Lubinsky

Script Supervisor

Paul A Lussier

Executive Producer

Ken Mahlab

Other

Derek Marcil

Foley Recordist

Erik Mart

Grip

Chris Martinez

Electrician

Beau Maxwell

Foley Recordist

Ellen Mcdonald

Production Accountant

Debbie Melford

Adr Editor

Marc Messenger

Storyboard Artist

Cheryl A Miller

Assistant Production Coordinator

Lisa Miller

Assistant Location Manager

Dino Moriana

Music Editor

Robert Morton

Driver

Robert B Myers

Dolly Grip

Salvador Navarro

Driver

Jack Nesbit

Production Assistant

Angie Nicholson

Production Assistant

Hal Olofsson

Driver

Al Onorato

Casting

Shirley Orrison

Driver

Joel Osborne

Swing Gang

Tom Overton

Color Timer

Edward J Pei

Director Of Photography

John Ross

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Steven M Ross

Publicity

Ross Rubin

Production Assistant

James Ryder

Makeup Supervisor

Gina Scheerer

Producer

Thomas Schellenberg

Assistant Director

Ron Schlaeger

Assistant Camera Operator

Joshua E Schneider

Adr

Maxine Shepard

Set Decorator

Lynne Southerland

Editor

John Earl Stone

Foreman

Phillip Stone

Construction Coordinator

Shane Summers

Transportation Coordinator

James Thornton

Sound Mixer

Diana Weatherill

Production Coordinator

Doug Wienmann

Electrician

Christi Work

Costume Supervisor

Film Details

Also Known As
Sitter
Genre
Thriller
Release Date
1991
Production Company
Cinelease, Inc.; Digital Sound & Pictures; Fox Broadcasting Company; Hollywood Animals; Laserpacific Media Corporation; Mario's Catering; Pacific Film Labs; Panavision, Ltd.
Location
Los Angeles, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration
2h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States June 10, 1991

Based on the 1952 20th Century Fox feature "Don't Bother to Knock," which gave Marilyn Monroe one of her first starring roles.