Don't Bother to Knock (1961 film)

Don't Bother to Knock (released as Why Bother to Knock in the United States) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel from a screenplay by Denis Cannan and Frederic Gotfurt, based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Clifford Hanley. It stars Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer, June Thorburn, Rik Battaglia and Judith Anderson.

For the film 1952 starring Marilyn Monroe, see Don't Bother to Knock.

Don't Bother to Knock
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCyril Frankel
Produced byFrank Godwin
Screenplay by
Based onDon't Bother to Knock
by Clifford Hanley
Starring
Music byElisabeth Lutyens
CinematographyGeoffrey Unsworth
Edited byAnne V. Coates
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors
Release date
  • May 18, 1961 (1961-05-18) (Sheffield)
  • June 1, 1961 (1961-06-01) (London)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Premise

Bill Ferguson, a travel agent in Edinburgh, has an argument with his girlfriend Stella after he loses the key to his apartment. Unnoticed by Bill, Maggie, an American business associate of his, finds his key in his trouser cuff where he had dropped it, but, before returning it, she makes a copy of the key and gives Bill a gift of a case containing several copies of the key with his address on an attached metal tag.

Subsequently travelling around Europe on a business trip, Bill has romantic encounters with three women, giving each one a standing invitation to visit him when in Edinburgh plus one of the keys to his flat. When two of them, plus the daughter of the other, arrive at about the same time to attend the Edinburgh Festival, they all decide to stay with Bill, and Bill has to cope with the women all meeting each other, as well as Stella finding out about them.[1]

Cast

References
  1. BFI.org
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