Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

1952 · 76 min · EN · 6.7 (133 votes)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker · Starring Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne Cagney, Lurene Tuttle · Music Lionel Newman

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

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Jed, an airline pilot, is resting in a hotel when he notices Nell, a young woman babysitting for a wealthy couple. As Jed gets to know Nell better he realises that the woman is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

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A suffocatingly tense atmosphere builds as a chance encounter in a hotel room spirals into psychological dread. The film feels like a slow-burn descent into madness, punctuated by moments of chilling unease.

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