Don’t Bother to Knock

Marilyn Monroe thrills as an unstable babysitter in British director Roy Ward Baker’s psychological thriller.

  • Director

    Roy Ward Baker

  • With

    Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark, Anne Bancroft

  • USA 1952. 76min

  • Digital

  • Certificate

    PG

Eddie, a hotel elevator operator, secures his introverted and delicate niece a job babysitting for high-end guests. However, after putting a child to bed, Nell is drawn to the jewellery and negligee of her employer. Chaos follows. Monroe is both terrific and compelling to watch as a babysitter teetering on the precipice of madness in this taut psychodrama.

The screening of Don’t Bother to Knock on Saturday 4 July will include an introduction.