Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Regisseur:

Roy Ward Baker

Drehbuchautoren:

Daniel Taradash (screenplay)
Charlotte Armstrong (novel)

Premierendatum:

18. Juli 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller

Werbezeile:

You never met her type before...

Plot:

An airline pilot, dumped by his girlfriend, pursues a baby-sitter in his hotel...and gradually realizes she's dangerous.

Plot Keywords:

Hotel Detective | Mental Institution | Children | Tense | Clothe

Nutzerkommentare:

scary!!

Besetzung

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.	...	Eddie Forbes
Jim Backus	...	Peter Jones
Verna Felton	...	Mrs. Emma Ballew
Willis Bouchey	...	Joe the Bartender (as Willis B. Bouchey)
Don Beddoe	...	Mr. Ballew

Alternativ:

Versuchung auf 809 (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

76 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.37 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

West Germany:16 (f) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:Approved (certificate #15705) | Argentina:13

Drehorte:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Dies und das:

This was Anne Bancroft's first film. It was also Marilyn Monroe's 18th film and an attempt to prove to critics that she could act.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Lyn and Jed get photographed in the bar by the camera lady, she snaps only one picture of them. When she brings the novelty items to their booth minutes later, each item (handkerchief, matchbook, ashtray, and postcard) shows a slightly different pose.

Dialogzitate:

[first lines]
Mrs. Emma Ballew: After all, we guests who live here from year to year, we deserve a little consideration, too.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Neufassung von The Sitter (1991) (TV)

Soundtrack:

HOW ABOUT YOU

scary!!

to be absolutely honest, marilyn monroe acted extremely well in this film. I think it was the first i had everseen of her (2001) and after all i had heard about her acting as a "blonde bombshell" this picture sent me in another direction. SHE CAN ACT!! to see marilyn play a psychotic woman may not have been completely hard for her (no offense intended) but i feel it was superb acting! Ashame she wasnt offered more roles like this one