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Don't Bother to Knock
… a wicked sensation as the lonely girl in room 809!
6.7(173)19521h 16m
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
- Writers
- Daniel Taradash
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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)
Charles J. Conrad
Speaker (uncredited)
Tom Daly
Man in Elevator (uncredited)
Elizabeth Flournoy
Undetermined Role (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Woman at Awards Dinner (uncredited)
Charles Flynn
Uniformed Cop at End (uncredited)

Robert Foulk
Doorman (uncredited)

Grace Hayle
Mrs. McMurdock (uncredited)
Marjorie Holliday
Phone Operator (uncredited)

David McMahon
Uniformed Cop at End (uncredited)
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Crew
Directing
- Roy Ward BakerDirector
- Eli DunnAssistant Director
- Erich von Stroheim Jr.Assistant Director
- Leslie JonesScript Supervisor
Writing
- Daniel TaradashScreenplay
- Charlotte ArmstrongNovel
Production
- Julian BlausteinProducer
- Max GoldenProduction Manager
- Charles HallUnit Production Manager
Camera
- Lucien BallardDirector of Photography
Editing
- George A. GittensEditor
Sound
- Jerry GoldsmithMusic Consultant
- Bernard FreericksSound
- Harry M. LeonardSound
- Lionel NewmanMusic Supervisor
- Bernard MayersOrchestrator
- Earle HagenOrchestrator
- Lionel NewmanOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Richard IrvineArt Direction
- Lyle R. WheelerArt Direction
- Paul S. FoxSet Decoration
- Thomas LittleSet Decoration
Costume & Make-Up
- Esperanza CoronaHairdresser
- Frank PrehodaMakeup Artist
- Charles LeMaireWardrobe Master
- TravillaCostume Design
- Ben NyeMakeup Artist
- Charles LeMaireWardrobe Designer
Visual Effects
- Ray KelloggVisual Effects