Don't Bother to Knock
“… 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.
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Cast
40 people
Richard Widmark
Jed Towers
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Pickup on South Street
Marilyn Monroe
Nell Forbes
Known for
Some Like It Hot
The Seven Year Itch
Anne Bancroft
Lyn Lesley
Known for
The Graduate
The Elephant Man
Donna Corcoran
Bunny Jones
Known for
Moonfleet
Jeanne Cagney
Rochelle
Known for
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Lurene Tuttle
Ruth Jones
Known for
Psycho
The Fortune Cookie
Elisha Cook Jr.
Eddie Forbes
Known for
Salem's Lot
Rosemary's Baby
Jim Backus
Peter Jones
Known for
Gilligan's Island
Rebel Without a Cause
Verna Felton
Mrs. Ballew
Known for
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Willis Bouchey
Joe the Bartender
Known for
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
The Big Heat
Don Beddoe
Mr. Ballew
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Best Years of Our Lives
Harry Bartell
Bellboy (uncredited)
Also in
Six Bridges to Cross
Jack the Ripper
Roy Ward Baker Director · Daniel Taradash Screenplay Charlotte Armstrong Author
United States release July 18, 1952 · Produced in United States · Production 20th Century Studios
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · July 18, 1952
Theatrical
Argentina
September 18, 1952 · Theatrical
Austria
April 1, 1953 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 30, 2003 · Physical · Fox Home mj.gov.br
France
June 10, 1953 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 1959 · Theatrical
Italy
February 5, 1953 · Theatrical
Netherlands
June 29, 2006 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
August 22, 1952 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
December 7, 1952 · Theatrical
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