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Don't Bother to Knock

Duration:

76 min

Genres:

Drama | Film-Noir | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Roy Ward Baker

Details

Country: USA

Filming Locations: 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Marilyn Monroe

Don't Bother to Knock

Richard Widmark

Jed Towers

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 (as Willis B. Bouchey)

Don Beddoe

Mr. Ballew

Emmett Vogan

Toastmaster (unconfirmed)

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)

Eda Reiss Merin

Maid (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Banquet Guest (uncredited)

Vic Perrin

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Michael Ross

Pat - Hotel Detective (uncredited)

Olan Soule

Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The title credits music is re-used from Panic in the Streets (1950).

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The events in the film take place in real-time.

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Donna Corcoran is the only member of the cast still alive today.

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Goofs

When Lyn and Jed get photographed in the bar by the camera lady, she snaps only one picture of them. When she brings the novelty items (handkerchief, matchbook, ashtray, and postcard) to their booth minutes later, the handkerchief shows a slightly different pose than the others.

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Quotes

Mrs. Emma Ballew: After all, we guests who live here from year to year, we deserve a little consideration, too.

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Jed Towers: Are you alright?

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Jed Towers: Why didn't you tell me you were working here?

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