Directed by:
Walter LangCinematography:
Norbert BrodineComposer:
Alfred NewmanCast:
Robert Young, Maureen O'Hara, Clifton Webb, Richard Haydn, Louise Allbritton, Ed Begley, Larry Olsen, John Russell, Willard Robertson, Cara Williams (more)VOD (1)
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Clifton Webb has the role of a lifetime as Lynn Belvedere, self-styled genius and expert on everything. Belvedere accepts the job of baby-sitting the troublesome children of Robert Young and Maureen O'Hara; he wins the job by calmly dumping a bowl of cold oatmeal on the head of the couple's most contentious offspring! At first the family chafes at Belvedere's imperiousness and unlimited resourcefulness, but gradually everyone--especially the children--grow quite fond of the man. The couple's snoopy neighbor (Richard Haydn), noting that Belvedere spends quite a lot of time in the house when the husband is away, begins spreading rumors of a clandestine affair. Belvedere only fuels the flames of innuendo by working on a "secret project" in his room. That project turns out to be a book about the community where he is staying, a revealing volume that exposes the pettiness and hypocrisy of several respectable citizens. Robert Young nearly loses his job over the ensuing scandal, but when the community becomes world famous and the object of increased business activity, Belvedere is the hero of the day. Clifton Webb made so vivid an impression as Mr. Belvedere that he repeated the role in two sequels, and played variations of Belvedere (with emphasis on his "child psychology" tactics) in such films as Cheaper by the Dozen and Mr. Scoutmaster. After numerous failed attempts at launching a TV series based on the Gwen Davenport-created character, Mr. Belvedere settled into a long video run in 1985, with Christopher Hewett in the title role and sportscaster Bob Uecker as Belvedere's nonplused employer. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robert Young
USA
Best movies:
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Three Comrades (1938)
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Maureen O'Hara
Ireland
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Parent Trap (1961)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Clifton Webb
USA
Best movies:
Laura (1944)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Richard Haydn
UK
Best movies:
The Sound of Music (1965)
Ball of Fire (1941)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Louise Allbritton
USA
Best movies:
Pittsburgh (1942)
Follow the Boys (1944)
The Egg and I (1947)
Ed Begley
USA
Best movies:
12 Angry Men (1957)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Larry Olsen
USA
Best movies:
Winchester '73 (1950)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
The Story of Three Loves (1953)
John Russell
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Josey Wales, hors-la-loi (1976)
Willard Robertson
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
To Each His Own (1946)
Cara Williams
USA
Best movies:
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Laura (1944)
Boomerang! (1947)
Dorothy Adams
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
The Killing (1956)
Minerva Urecal
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
Bernadette (1943)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Charles Tannen
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
The Country Girl (1954)
The Proud Ones (1956)
Syd Saylor
USA
Best movies:
Gaslight (1944)
Scarlet Street (1945)
The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
Ann Shoemaker
USA
Best movies:
Strike Up the Band (1940)
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Conflict (1945)
J. Farrell MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sunrise (1927)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Randy Stuart
USA
Best movies:
All About Eve (1950)
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
I Was a Male War Bride (1949)
Mary Field
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
Gertrude Astor
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The Sound of Music (1965)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Jane Nigh
USA
Best movies:
Laura (1944)
Unconquered (1947)
Dragonwyck (1946)