---
title: 'Don''t Bother to Knock (1952)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Roy Ward Baker'
released: '1952-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 77
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/dont-bother-to-knock-1952'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044557/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

1952 · 77 min · Drama, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Don't Bother to Knock is a 1952 American psychological thriller film starring Richard Widmark and Marilyn Monroe. It was directed by Roy Ward Baker, with a screenplay by Daniel Taradash based on the 1951 Charlotte Armstrong novel Mischief.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Roy Ward Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-ward-baker)
- **Screenplay:** [Daniel Taradash](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-taradash)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elisabeth Lutyens](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-lutyens), [Lionel Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/lionel-newman)
- **Producer:** [Julian Blaustein](https://cinepixo.com/people/julian-blaustein)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lucien Ballard](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-ballard)

## Cast

- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Elisha Cook Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisha-cook-jr)
- [Verna Felton](https://cinepixo.com/people/verna-felton)
- [Lurene Tuttle](https://cinepixo.com/people/lurene-tuttle)
- [Jeanne Cagney](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanne-cagney)
- [Marilyn Monroe](https://cinepixo.com/people/marilyn-monroe)
- [Bess Flowers](https://cinepixo.com/people/bess-flowers)
- [Don Beddoe](https://cinepixo.com/people/don-beddoe)
- [Jim Backus](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-backus)
- [Richard Widmark](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-widmark)
- [Emmett Vogan](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmett-vogan)
- [Willis Bouchey](https://cinepixo.com/people/willis-bouchey)
- [Robert Foulk](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-foulk)
- [Anne Bancroft](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bancroft)

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