Directed by:
Roy Ward BakerScreenplay:
Daniel TaradashCinematography:
Lucien BallardComposer:
Lionel NewmanCast:
Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne Cagney, Lurene Tuttle, Elisha Cook Jr., Jim Backus, Willis Bouchey, Bess Flowers (more)VOD (1)
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An unstable young woman (Marilyn Monroe) attempts to commit suicide whilst working as a babysitter in a hotel. She is saved by a handsome airline pilot (Richard Widmark), who has just split up from the hotel's resident singer (Anne Bancroft in her film debut). From this unlikely beginning, a relationship develops which helps them both come to terms with their personal problems. (Twilight Time)
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It's certainly strange, but this was the first film where I saw the praised icon Marylin. And that thanks to the Noir film festival in a role quite atypical for her. And I must say that I really liked the whole movie and Marylin's performance. I would even say that along with Niagara, it is the best two films I saw at the festival.
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Don't Bother to Knock is one of the five MM films of 1952. Another noir after Lang's Clash by Night. It was based on the 1951 novel "Mischief" by Charlotte Armstrong. Perhaps the only thing I can say about the film is that MM never became the queen of noir, but critics appreciated her portrayal of the unstable anti-hero and she was better positioned among the faces of 20th Century Fox for years to come.
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