# Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

**German title:** Versuchung auf 809


**Genres:** Drama, Thriller

**Duration:** 76 min

**Age rating:** FSK 12

**IMDb:** [6.9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044557/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.5](https://letterboxd.com/film/dont-bother-to-knock/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 100%, Popcornmeter: 76%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dont_bother_to_knock)

## Description

After being dumped by his girlfriend, an airline pilot pursues a babysitter employed by the hotel where he lives and gradually comes to realize that she's dangerous.

## Details


**Director:** Roy Ward Baker

**Cast:** Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft, Donna Corcoran, Jeanne Cagney, Lurene Tuttle, Elisha Cook Jr., Jim Backus, Verna Felton, Willis Bouchey, Don Beddoe, Harry Bartell

**Countries:** United States

**Languages:** English

**Available versions:** OV

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eaFrgobiUM)

## Showtimes in Hamburg in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-06-06 (Saturday)

- **[Metropolis Kino](/cinemas/163-metropolis-kino.md) (Mitte):** [2026-06-06 19:30](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino-hamburg/metropolis-kino/vorstellung/3538741642?appView=1)  (OV)