Don't Bother To Knock (1952)

Don't Bother to Knock is a 1952 American psychological film noir thriller directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe. Daniel Taradash wrote the script, which was based on Charlotte Armstrong's 1951 novel Mischief. Monroe plays a troubled babysitter who is watching a toddler in the same New York hotel where Widmark's character, a pilot, is staying. Her odd behavior makes him realize that she is the absolute last person the parents should have entrusted their daughter to.

The film, directed by Roy, follows a commercial pilot who is depressed when his lover dumps him. Jed Towers (Richard Widmark) encounters a sultry beauty called Nell Forbes (Monroe) babysitting in a neighboring hotel room to help him get over her. After meeting and falling in love with Nell, Jed gradually finds that the femme fatale is considerably more dangerous than she appears. In the source literature, Nell's last name is Munroe, but when Marilyn was cast, it was altered to Forbes.

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Directed by: Roy Ward Baker

Release date: July 18, 1952

Link to watch: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044557