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Don't Bother to Knock
Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

66% User Rating
1h 16min
Drama
Thriller

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

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

Roy Ward BakerDirector

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Richard Widmark

Richard Widmark

Jed Towers

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Nell Forbes

Anne Bancroft

Anne Bancroft

Lyn Lesley

Donna Corcoran

Donna Corcoran

Bunny Jones

Jeanne Cagney

Jeanne Cagney

Rochelle

Lurene Tuttle

Lurene Tuttle

Ruth Jones

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Eddie Forbes

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

Peter Jones

Verna Felton

Verna Felton

Mrs. Ballew

Willis Bouchey

Willis Bouchey

Joe the Bartender

Don Beddoe

Don Beddoe

Mr. Ballew

Harry Bartell

Harry Bartell

Bellboy (uncredited)

Gloria Blondell

Gloria Blondell

Janie - Cafe Photographer (uncredited)

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John Call

Bellboy (uncredited)

Dick Cogan

Dick Cogan

Bell Captain (uncredited)

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Charles J. Conrad

Speaker (uncredited)

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Tom Daly

Man in Elevator (uncredited)

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Elizabeth Flournoy

Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Bess Flowers

Woman at Awards Dinner (uncredited)

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Charles Flynn

Uniformed Cop at End (uncredited)

Robert Foulk

Robert Foulk

Doorman (uncredited)

Grace Hayle

Grace Hayle

Mrs. McMurdock (uncredited)

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Marjorie Holliday

Phone Operator (uncredited)

David McMahon

David McMahon

Uniformed Cop at End (uncredited)

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Eda Reiss Merin

Maid (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Harold Miller

Banquet Guest (uncredited)

Vic Perrin

Vic Perrin

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Michael Ross

Michael Ross

Pat - Hotel Detective (uncredited)

Olan Soule

Olan Soule

Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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Brick Sullivan

Doorman (uncredited)

Emmett Vogan

Emmett Vogan

Toastmaster (uncredited)

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Harry Denny

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Harry Evans

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Tom Ferrandini

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Kay Garrett

Carl M. Leviness

Carl M. Leviness

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Hans Moebus

Monty O'Grady

Monty O'Grady

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Foster H. Phinney

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Paul Ravel

Reviews (2)

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Rating 80%

September 22, 2016

Just a couple of years back, I picked up this mammoth 17-film DVD collection of Marilyn Monroe's films for a really good price, only to find that the ridiculous way the discs were placed in the digipack basically ruined them, and after watching the movies the best that I could, I reluctantly had to part with it, hoping the set would soon be released at a decent price on the more resilient blu (as you can tell, I'm old-school and low-fi, but I'm hoping to quickly remedy this problem!). As you can tell by any of my prior reviews of Richard Widmark's films, I'm a huge fan of his, and he's easily one of my favourite and most entertaining and watchable actors of the period. As well, Roy Ward Baker is one of the most underrated directors of the period--his entry in The Criterion Collection, 'A Night to Remember', is easily the best telling of the 'Titanic' tragedy. Thus simply on the basis of those three alone, I heartily recommend the film to any adventurous cinephiles of this era.

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