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Don't Bother to Knock

  • 6.9 /10

  • 153

  • 100%

Plot

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

Cast

Richard Widmark as Jed Towers
Richard Widmark

as Jed Towers

Marilyn Monroe as Nell Forbes
Marilyn Monroe

as Nell Forbes

Anne Bancroft as Lyn Lesley
Anne Bancroft

as Lyn Lesley

Donna Corcoran as Bunny Jones
Donna Corcoran

as Bunny Jones

Jeanne Cagney as Rochelle
Jeanne Cagney

as Rochelle

Lurene Tuttle as Ruth Jones
Lurene Tuttle

as Ruth Jones

Elisha Cook Jr. as Eddie Forbes
Elisha Cook Jr.

as Eddie Forbes

Jim Backus as Peter Jones
Jim Backus

as Peter Jones

Verna Felton as Mrs. Ballew
Verna Felton

as Mrs. Ballew

Willis Bouchey as Joe the Bartender
Willis Bouchey

as Joe the Bartender

Movie Facts

Rated

  • Approved

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • July 18, 1952

Production Companies

  • 20th Century Fox

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.27 hrs

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Reviews

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…

Nell Forbes was by far the darkest and most volatile character Marilyn Monroe had ever portrayed in her entire career. Written by Daniel Taradash and directed by Roy Ward Baker, Don't Bother To Knock - a chilling and uncommonly masterful film noir thriller - gives its viewers an up-close glimpse into the crevices of a deeply disturbed human soul. Need a babysitter ... anyone? Yet another…