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Don't Bother to Knock

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

  • Movie
  • 1952
  • 1h 16m

Directed by Roy Ward Baker

6.6

TMDB audience rating
6.6 out of 10 from 175 votes

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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 and crew

  • Richard Widmark

    Richard WidmarkJed Towers

  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn MonroeNell Forbes

  • Anne Bancroft

    Anne BancroftLyn Lesley

  • Donna Corcoran

    Donna CorcoranBunny Jones

  • Jeanne Cagney

    Jeanne CagneyRochelle

  • Lurene Tuttle

    Lurene TuttleRuth Jones

  • Elisha Cook Jr.

    Elisha Cook Jr.Eddie Forbes

  • Jim Backus

    Jim BackusPeter Jones

  • Verna Felton

    Verna FeltonMrs. Ballew

  • Willis Bouchey

    Willis BoucheyJoe the Bartender

  • Don Beddoe

    Don BeddoeMr. Ballew

  • Harry Bartell

    Harry BartellBellboy (uncredited)

  • Gloria Blondell

    Gloria BlondellJanie - Cafe Photographer (uncredited)

  • John CallBellboy (uncredited)

  • Dick Cogan

    Dick CoganBell Captain (uncredited)

  • Charles J. ConradSpeaker (uncredited)

  • Tom DalyMan in Elevator (uncredited)

  • Elizabeth FlournoyUndetermined Role (uncredited)

Director
Roy Ward Baker
Writer
Daniel Taradash and Charlotte Armstrong
Music
Lionel Newman
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard