Don't Bother to Knock

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

Aug 1 1952 Approved 1h 16m
Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery

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

Plot

Airline pilot Jed stays at the New York hotel where girlfriend Lyn is a singer. He sees Nell in a window opposite his and they get chummy. When the girl she's baby-sitting, Bunny, enters Nell goes crazy and sends her to her room. She fantasizes that Jed is her long lost fiance. Jed comes to realize that Nell is more than a little whacko.

Written by

Daniel Taradash, Charlotte Armstrong

Directed by

Roy Ward Baker

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
9,020
Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
Metascore
61
Popularity
NA