Don't Bother to Knock Movie Review 1952

As a mentally unstable hotel babysitter, Monroe meets a pilot (Widmark) and has a brief rendezvous with him. When the little girl she is babysitting interrupts, Monroe is furious, and later tries to murder the girl. This is one of Monroe's best dramatic roles. Bancroft's film debut as the Widmark's girlfriend.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 76 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Mystery & Suspense, Babysitting, Film Noir, Aunts & Uncles, Nieces & Nephews

Screenplay

Daniel Taradash

Cast

Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Elisha Cook, Jim Backus, Lurene Tuttle, Jeanne Cagney, Donna Corcoran

Cinematography

Lucien Ballard

Director

Roy Ward Baker

Music

Lionel Newman

Other

George A. Gittens

Producer

Fox