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

Don't Bother to Knock

6.61952 · 1h 16m · EN

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An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

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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.

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Director: Roy Ward Baker
Status: Released
Audience votes: 172

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