jrich-37411 This movie takes place in a hotel in New York City where Marilyn Monroe plays the roll of a babysitter. Nell (Marilyn Monroe) got out of an institution about a month prior. Her parents sent her there due to her pilot husband dying and her trying to harm herself. Now that she was out, she was living with her uncle who she explained reminded her of how her parents treated her. Nell meets Jed, who is also a pilot, while babysitting and invites him into the room. After spending some time with Nell, Jed comes to find out that Nell is mentally unstable.I was surprised how short this film was, however Marilyn Monroe did a fabulous job acting. Throughout the film it is revealed that you should not judge a book by it's cover.

blanoue324 Having never seen a Marilyn Monroe film I was expecting a little more. The actor Richard Widmark reminds me a lot of John Wayne. He plays a very serious character in this movie. I found the plot to be weird. The guy meets a woman he sees in a room across the way. Then he goes across to meet her and she falls in love with him. It just seems a little too made up. Marilyn Monroe plays a very mentally fragile woman. But she does it very well. She's very good at playing this crazy damsel. The Lighting in this movie makes Marilyn Monroe look perfect in every scene. It is also used very well when Marilyn is threatening the girl. Everything is dark which relates to her sinister threats. The camera work is also good. The movie is filled with close up's of all the conversations. One shot in the movie that is very good is when Marilyn rides down the elevator and the door pens but the cage is still there making it look like she's in jail. I didn't particularly like this movie because the plot was just too weird for me.

Paulo_Clemente Don't Bother to Knock is for me the film where Marilyn Monroe has one of her best performance. A pilot (Richard Widmark) tries to safe his relationship with his girlfriend (Anne Bancroft), the situation goes bad and he meets a girl Nell(Marilyn Monroe)in the Hotel. Soon he notes that she's a troubled girl and worst she's babysitting a kid. After that is an emotional thriller with great acting from Richard and specially from Marilyn in this drama thriller. I've seen all movies with Marilyn Monroe , I don't agree when they say she couldn't act, but this movie shows that she deserved more roles like this, she has her best performance here and she was ready for do great acting and not only for the beautiful blonde bimbo.

aidan this movie is pretty good you don't expect Marilyn to be like this in a movie ever. I know people might be disappointed but at the same time its a shocker movie it's not bad it's pretty darn good for a Marilyn movie she plays a psychotic babysitter its hard to explain but you just have to see it for yourself to know. at the same time I feel bad for Marilyn throughout the film if like if you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed you got crazy and that's how it feels its a dark movie? I don't know maybe but if you want to see Marilyn play a suspenseful role this is a movie to check out. if you want something to get set up for this film watch Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" and "rear window" and yes those are both Alfred Hitchcock's films