Richard Widmark

Marilyn Monroe

Anne Bancroft

Donna Corcoran

Jeanne Cagney

Lurene Tuttle

Elisha Cook Jr.

Jim Backus

Verna Felton

Willis Bouchey

Don Beddoe

Harry Bartell

Gloria Blondell

John Call

Dick Cogan

Charles J. Conrad

Tom Daly

Elizabeth Flournoy

Bess Flowers

Charles Flynn

Robert Foulk

Grace Hayle

Marjorie Holliday

David McMahon

Eda Reiss Merin

Harold Miller

Vic Perrin

Michael Ross

Olan Soule

Brick Sullivan

Emmett Vogan

Harry Denny

Harry Evans

Tom Ferrandini

Kay Garrett

Carl M. Leviness

Hans Moebus

Monty O'Grady

Foster H. Phinney

Paul Ravel

Roy Ward Baker

Daniel Taradash

Charlotte Armstrong

Lucien Ballard

George A. Gittens

Julian Blaustein

Esperanza Corona

Frank Prehoda

Max Golden

Charles Hall

Eli Dunn

Erich von Stroheim Jr.

Ray Kellogg

Charles LeMaire

Leslie Jones

Jerry Goldsmith

Richard Irvine

Lyle R. Wheeler

Paul S. Fox

Thomas Little

Travilla

Ben Nye

Bernard Freericks

Harry M. Leonard

Lionel Newman

Bernard Mayers

Earle Hagen

Drama

Thriller

Don't Bother to Knock

20th Century Fox

United States of America

Just a couple of years back, I picked up this mammoth 17-film DVD collection of Marilyn Monroe's films for a really good price, only to find that the ridiculous way the discs were placed in the digipack basically ruined them, and after watching the movies the best that I could, I reluctantly had to part with it, hoping the set would soon be released at a decent price on the more resilient blu (as you can tell, I'm old-school and low-fi, but I'm hoping to quickly remedy this problem!).

As you can tell by any of my prior reviews of Richard Widmark's films, I'm a huge fan of his, and he's easily one of my favourite and most entertaining and watchable actors of the period. As well, Roy Ward Baker is one of the most underrated directors of the period--his entry in The Criterion Collection, 'A Night to Remember', is easily the best telling of the 'Titanic' tragedy. Thus simply on the basis of those three alone, I heartily recommend the film to any adventurous cinephiles of this era.

Cat Ellington

Nell Forbes was by far the darkest and most volatile character Marilyn Monroe had ever portrayed in her entire career.

Written by Daniel Taradash and directed by Roy Ward Baker, Don't Bother To Knock - a chilling and uncommonly masterful film noir thriller - gives its viewers an up-close glimpse into the crevices of a deeply disturbed human soul.

Need a babysitter ... anyone?

Yet another five star oeuvre, Don't Bother To Knock is an effort of prodigious degree in classic cinema.

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