Drama ·Thriller · United States of America · 1952 · 1h 16m

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock poster
Director
Roy Ward Baker
Cast
Richard Widmark as Jed Towers Marilyn Monroe as Nell Forbes Anne Bancroft as Lyn Lesley Donna Corcoran as Bunny Jones Jeanne Cagney as Rochelle Lurene Tuttle as Ruth Jones
Crew
Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography George A. Gittens — Editor Daniel Taradash — Screenplay Charlotte Armstrong — Novel Julian Blaustein — Producer Travilla — Costume Design
Tagline

… a wicked sensation as the lonely girl in room 809!

Synopsis

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

Trailer Don't Bother to Knock — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
hotelbased on novel or bookdetectivepilotbabysittersingermurdermadnessvoyeur
Key Collaborators
Roy Ward Baker Director Lucien Ballard Director of Photography George A. Gittens Editor Daniel Taradash Screenplay Charlotte Armstrong Novel Julian Blaustein Producer Travilla Costume Design
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