Film
Don't Bother to Knock
1952 · 1h 16m · Drama · Thriller
… a wicked sensation as the lonely girl in room 809!
- IMDb
- 6.9
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 100%
- Metacritic
- 61
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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.
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Cast
Richard Widmark
Jed Towers
Marilyn Monroe
Nell Forbes
Anne Bancroft
Lyn Lesley
Donna Corcoran
Bunny Jones
Jeanne Cagney
Rochelle
Lurene Tuttle
Ruth Jones
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eddie Forbes
Jim Backus
Peter Jones
Verna Felton
Mrs. Ballew
Willis Bouchey
Joe the Bartender
Don Beddoe
Mr. Ballew
Harry Bartell
Bellboy (uncredited)
Gloria Blondell
Janie - Cafe Photographer (uncredited)
John Call
Bellboy (uncredited)
Dick Cogan
Bell Captain (uncredited)
Charles J. Conrad
Speaker (uncredited)
Crew
- Roy Ward BakerDirector
- Daniel TaradashScreenplay
- Charlotte ArmstrongNovel
- Julian BlausteinProducer
- Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
- Lionel NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- George A. GittensEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- July 18, 1952
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Rated
- 12
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
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