Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Directed by

Roy Ward Baker

Genre

drama film, film noir, thriller film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 17m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 169 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely woman pretending to be a babysitter develops a dangerous obsession with a hotel guest. Her increasingly erratic behavior puts a child at risk while the guest and his girlfriend watch from nearby.

tenseunsettlingslow-burnclaustrophobicmelancholicsuspensefulintimatedisturbing

What happens

Don't Bother to Knock is a 1952 American psychological thriller film starring Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe. It was directed by Roy Ward Baker, with a screenplay by Daniel Taradash based on the 1951 Charlotte Armstrong novel Mischief. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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