Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

07/18/1952Drama, Thriller1h 16m
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… a wicked sensation as the lonely girl in room 809!

Overview

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Richard Widmark

    Jed Towers

  2. Cast 1

    Marilyn Monroe

    Nell Forbes

  3. Cast 1

    Anne Bancroft

    Lyn Lesley

  4. Cast 1

    Donna Corcoran

    Bunny Jones

  5. Cast 1

    Jeanne Cagney

    Rochelle

  6. Cast 1

    Lurene Tuttle

    Ruth Jones

  7. Cast 1

    Elisha Cook Jr.

    Eddie Forbes

  8. Cast 1

    Jim Backus

    Peter Jones

  9. Cast 1

    Verna Felton

    Mrs. Ballew

Nell Forbes was by far the darkest and most volatile character Marilyn Monroe had ever portrayed in her entire career. Written by Daniel Taradash and directed by Roy Ward Baker, Don't Bother To Knock - a chilling and uncommonly masterful film noir thriller - gives its viewers an up-close glimpse into the crevices of a deeply disturbed human soul. Need a babysitter ... anyone? Yet another five star oeuvre, Don't Bother To Knock is an effort of prodigious degree in classic cinema.

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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