Movie
Don't Bother to Knock
Overview
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
Details
- Release date
- 1952-07-18
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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
- Elisha Cook Jr. as Eddie Forbes
- Jim Backus as Peter Jones
- Verna Felton as Mrs. Ballew
- Willis Bouchey as Joe the Bartender
- Don Beddoe as Mr. Ballew
- Harry Bartell as Bellboy (uncredited)
Crew
- Roy Ward Baker - Director
- Daniel Taradash - Screenplay
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