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Don't Bother to Knock( 1952)

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… a wicked sensation as the lonely girl in room 809!

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Richard Widmark

      Jed Towers

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      Marilyn Monroe

      Nell Forbes

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      Anne Bancroft

      Lyn Lesley

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      Donna Corcoran

      Bunny Jones

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      Jeanne Cagney

      Rochelle

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      Lurene Tuttle

      Ruth Jones

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      Elisha Cook Jr.

      Eddie Forbes

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      Jim Backus

      Peter Jones

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      Verna Felton

      Mrs. Ballew

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      Willis Bouchey

      Joe the Bartender

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      Don Beddoe

      Mr. Ballew

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      Harry Bartell

      Bellboy (uncredited)

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      Gloria Blondell

      Janie - Cafe Photographer (uncredited)

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      John Call

      Bellboy (uncredited)

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      Dick Cogan

      Bell Captain (uncredited)

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      Charles J. Conrad

      Speaker (uncredited)

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      Tom Daly

      Man in Elevator (uncredited)

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      Elizabeth Flournoy

      Undetermined Role (uncredited)

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      Bess Flowers

      Woman at Awards Dinner (uncredited)

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      Charles Flynn

      Uniformed Cop at End (uncredited)

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      Robert Foulk

      Doorman (uncredited)

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      Grace Hayle

      Mrs. McMurdock (uncredited)

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      Marjorie Holliday

      Phone Operator (uncredited)

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      David McMahon

      Uniformed Cop at End (uncredited)

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      Eda Reiss Merin

      Maid (uncredited)

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      Harold Miller

      Banquet Guest (uncredited)

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      Vic Perrin

      Elevator Operator (uncredited)

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      Michael Ross

      Pat - Hotel Detective (uncredited)

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      Olan Soule

      Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)

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      Brick Sullivan

      Doorman (uncredited)

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      Emmett Vogan

      Toastmaster (uncredited)

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      Harry Denny

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      Harry Evans

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      Tom Ferrandini

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      Kay Garrett

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      Carl M. Leviness

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      Hans Moebus

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      Monty O'Grady

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      Foster H. Phinney

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      Paul Ravel

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    A review by talisencrw

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    Written by talisencrw on Thu Sep 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 old-school and low-fi, but I'm hoping to quickly remedy this problem!). As you can tell by any of my prior reviews of Richard Widmark's films, I'm a huge fan of his, and he's easil...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • hotel
    • based on novel or book
    • detective
    • pilot
    • babysitter
    • singer
    • murder
    • madness
    • voyeur