The Babysitter
Brief Synopsis
An eighteen-year-old girl manipulates her way into the lives of a family by working as their housekeeper and daughter's sitter, and soon fills the home with horror and hate.
Cast & Crew
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Peter Medak
Director
Richard Ty Haller
William Shatner
Frank Birney
Hildy Brooks
Patty Duke
Film Details
Also Known As
Babysitter
Genre
Thriller
Release Date
1980
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
An eighteen-year-old girl manipulates her way into the lives of a family by working as their housekeeper and daughter's sitter, and soon fills the home with horror and hate.
Director
Peter Medak
Director
Cast
Richard Ty Haller
William Shatner
Frank Birney
Hildy Brooks
Patty Duke
Quinn Cummings
David Wallace
John Houseman
Kenneth Tigar
Stephanie Zimbalist
Virginia Kiser
Crew
Salli Bailey
Hair Stylist
Les Berns
Makeup
Marilyn R Berro
Assistant
Jimmy Chow
Property Master
Jim Connel
Camera Operator
Louie Elias
Stunt Coordinator
Shari Feldman
Wardrobe
Terri Fricon
Music Supervisor
David Garcia
Producer
Susanne Gervay
Negative Cutting
Jerry Goldman
Production Associate
Rich Harrison
Sound Effects
Douglas Higgins
Art Director
Pat Lang
Production Associate
Rexford Metz
Director Of Photography
John Mick
Music Editor
Jennifer Millar
Writer
Stanley Neufeld
Production Manager
John Poer
Assistant Director
Kimberley Richardson
Set Decorator
Pattie Robertson
Script Supervisor
Nancy Rosing
Production Coordinator
Robert M. Sertner
Auditor
Bobbie Shapiro
Assistant Editor
Melvin Shapiro
Editor
Hugh Spencer-phillips
Assistant Director
Larry Sutton
Sound
Frank Von Zerneck
Executive Producer
Film Details
Also Known As
Babysitter
Genre
Thriller
Release Date
1980
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States November 28, 1980
This psychological thriller reunited Zimbalist with her former teacher and drama department head at Juilliard, John Houseman, playing the doddering old doctor "from next door," in a special guest appearance.
