Don't Bother to Knock
“… a wicked sensation as the lonely girl in room 809!”
1952•1h 16m•6.6•Released
DramaThriller
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
Director
Roy Ward Baker
Writer
Daniel Taradash
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
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)
Production
Company
20th Century Fox
Producer
Julian Blaustein
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