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Don't Bother to Knock

6.5

1,141

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Original title

Don't Bother to Knock

Year

1952

Running time

73 min.

Country

United States

United States

Director

Screenwriter

Daniel Taradash. Novel: Charlotte Armstrong

Cast

Music

Cinematography

Lucien Ballard (B&W)

Producer

20th Century Fox

Genre

Drama. Film noir. Mystery

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Critics' reviews

"Marilyn Monroe, co-starred with Richard Widmark, gives an excellent account of herself in a strictly dramatic role which commands certain attention, but the story of a psycho baby-sitter lacks interest."

Variety Staff: Variety
"'Don't Bother to Knock' was the first film to truly grant her a juicy dramatic leading role, one that allowed Monroe to tap into her own childhood traumas and abuse."

Entertainment Weekly
"[It] is directed with a quick pace by Baker, the Taradash script is as tight as a sardine can, and all the principals do well with their roles, especially lovely Marilyn Monroe."

TV Guide
"Marilyn Monroe as a psychotic babysitter. She wasn't yet a box-office star, but her unformed--almost blobby--quality is very creepy, and she dominated this melodrama. In other respects, it's standard"

Pauline Kael: The New Yorker
"Playing a deranged, possibly homicidal babysitter going bonkers in a hotel, Monroe steals the show in this efficient, vaguely creepy little thriller"

Michael Wilmington: Chicago Tribune
"Marilyn Monroe, co-starred with Richard Widmark, gives an excellent account of herself in a strictly dramatic role which commands certain attention, but the story of a psycho baby-sitter lacks interest."

Variety Staff: Variety
"The film offered [Monroe] the chance to deliciously unravel as a mentally disturbed babysitter, and she also gained real-world survival skills that she’d put to use nearly a decade later."

Vanity Fair
"The plot is so simple that psychological interest is needed to sustain it, and this would require stronger performances than those Widmark and Monroe give."

Time Out

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