Don't Bother to Knock

A noirish psychodrama, Don’t Bother to Knock follows the pilot Jed Towers (Richard Widmark) who, after a break-up, moves to a hotel in New York and allows himself to be seduced by the mysterious Nell Forbes (Marilyn Monroe). Believing her to be a woman of means, he makes advances with an ulterior motive, but soon finds out that the young woman is working as a babysitter. As Nell’s behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, new suspicions arise regarding her past. The film gave Monroe her first big dramatic role and featured Anne Bancroft in her debut.