

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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6.7/10
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- Language
- English
- hotel
- based on novel or book
- detective
- pilot
- babysitter
- singer
- murder
- madness
- voyeur
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical18 Jul 1952
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical7 Dec 1952
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical18 Sept 1952
AustriaAT
- Theatrical121 Apr 1953
BrazilBR
- PhysicalLFox Home mj.gov.br30 Dec 2003
FranceFR
- TheatricalU10 Jun 1953
GermanyDE
- Theatrical121 Jan 1959
ItalyIT
- Theatrical5 Feb 1953
NetherlandsNL
- Physical12DVD29 Jun 2006
SwedenSE
- Theatrical22 Aug 1952
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Don't Bother to Knock was released on 18 July 1952.
Audience reviews
3- T8/10
talisencrw
9/22/2016
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 ol…
- C
Cat Ellington
2/25/2017
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 five star oeuvre, Do…
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
3/6/2026
“Lyn” (Anne Bancroft) is an hotel crooner who is in love with, but recently dumped, airline pilot “Jed” (Richard Widmark) who has consequently repaired to his hotel room with a bottle whilst she (well, Eve Marley actually) serenades him via the PA system. Meantime, across the courtyard a couple are attending a swanky dinner and so have employed “Nell” (Marilyn Monroe) as their baby-sitter. It’s fairly safe to say tha…
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