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MOVIE

Don't Bother to Knock

1952

76 minutes (1 hrs 16 mins)

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Directed by

Roy Ward Baker

Starring

Richard Widmark · Marilyn Monroe · Anne Bancroft · Donna Corcoran · Jeanne Cagney · Lurene Tuttle

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release: 1st August 1952

Sweden release: 22nd August 1952

Argentina release: 18th September 1952

Certificates

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Director

Role

Roy Ward Baker

Directed By

Marilyn
Monroe

Actor

Character

Richard Widmark

Jed Towers

Marilyn Monroe

Nell Forbes

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

Don Beddoe

Mr. Ballew

Emmett Vogan

Toastmaster

Harry Bartell

Bellboy

Gloria Blondell

Janie - Cafe Photographer

John Call

Bellboy

Dick Cogan

Bell Captain

Charles J. Conrad

Speaker

Tom Daly

Man in Elevator

Elizabeth Flournoy

Undetermined Role

Bess Flowers

Woman at Awards Dinner

Charles Flynn

Uniformed Cop at End

Robert Foulk

Doorman

Grace Hayle

Mrs. McMurdock

Marjorie Holliday

Phone Operator

David McMahon

Uniformed Cop at End

Eda Reiss Merin

Maid

Harold Miller

Banquet Guest

Vic Perrin

Elevator Operator

Michael Ross

Pat - Hotel Detective

Olan Soule

Bespectacled Desk Clerk