
Heaven's Prisoners(1996)
A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.


“… a wicked sensation as the lonely girl in room 809!”
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Richard Widmark
Jed Towers

Marilyn Monroe
Nell Forbes

Anne Bancroft
Lyn Lesley

Donna Corcoran
Bunny Jones

Jeanne Cagney
Rochelle

Lurene Tuttle
Ruth Jones

Elisha Cook Jr.
Eddie Forbes

Jim Backus
Peter Jones

Verna Felton
Mrs. Ballew

Willis Bouchey
Joe the Bartender
Don't Bother to Knock is a drama, thriller film released in 1952 exploring themes of hotel, based on novel or book, detective, pilot, babysitter, singer. Directed by Roy Ward Baker, it stars Richard Widmark, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Bancroft. An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
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