Don't Bother to Knock (1952) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Roy Ward Baker.

Cast

• Richard Widmark as Jed Towers
• Marilyn Monroe as Nell Forbes
• Anne Bancroft as Lyn Lesley
• Donna Corcoran as Bunny Jones
• Jeanne Cagney as Rochelle
• Lurene Tuttle as Ruth Jones
• Elisha Cook Jr. as Eddie Forbes
• Jim Backus as Peter Jones
• Verna Felton as Mrs. Ballew
• Willis Bouchey as Joe the Bartender
• Don Beddoe as Mr. Ballew
• Harry Bartell as Bellboy (uncredited)
• Gloria Blondell as Janie - Cafe Photographer (uncredited)
• John Call as Bellboy (uncredited)
• Dick Cogan as Bell Captain (uncredited)
• Charles J. Conrad as Speaker (uncredited)
• Tom Daly as Man in Elevator (uncredited)
• Elizabeth Flournoy as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
• Bess Flowers as Woman at Awards Dinner (uncredited)
• Charles Flynn as Uniformed Cop at End (uncredited)
• Robert Foulk as Doorman (uncredited)
• Grace Hayle as Mrs. McMurdock (uncredited)
• Marjorie Holliday as Phone Operator (uncredited)
• David McMahon as Uniformed Cop at End (uncredited)
• Eda Reiss Merin as Maid (uncredited)
• Harold Miller as Banquet Guest (uncredited)
• Vic Perrin as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
• Michael Ross as Pat - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
• Olan Soule as Bespectacled Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• Brick Sullivan as Doorman (uncredited)
• Emmett Vogan as Toastmaster (uncredited)
• Harry Denny
• Harry Evans
• Tom Ferrandini
• Kay Garrett
• Carl M. Leviness
• Hans Moebus
• Monty O'Grady
• Foster H. Phinney
• Paul Ravel

Crew

• Roy Ward Baker — Director
• Daniel Taradash — Screenplay
• Charlotte Armstrong — Novel
• Lucien Ballard — Director of Photography
• Julian Blaustein — Producer
• Lionel Newman — Original Music Composer

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