Don't Bother to Knock

1952 · 76 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 9,020 VOTES · DIR. Roy Ward Baker

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Overview

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Dialogue Timeline — 766 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:19 We guests who live here deserve a little consideration too.
00:03:41 I love a fireside When a storm is due
00:06:49 - All right, Nell. - Nice of you to come on short notice.
00:08:54 Sorry I kept you waiting.
00:11:56 And behold, the cage and the nightingale disappeared.
00:14:45 I've got a very bright idea. Let's call it back on again.
00:17:24 Do you and your wife fight? Argue all the time?
00:21:51 You're sweet and fun. And you're hard. You lack something I ask for in a man.
00:25:23 But where did the moon go?
00:28:09 I wanted to see how they'd look on me.
00:33:00 What do you mean?
00:35:39 What's his name? And where's my hat?
00:38:19 You're a gang. You came to steal Mother's things.
00:40:50 Things will be better. They even up, bad breaks, good breaks.
00:43:22 - I'm not sleepy. - Yes, you are.
00:46:48 - To the power of the press. - Shorter and funnier editorials.
00:49:14 He wouldn't believe me. He'd punish me and he might even...
00:51:52 - If I do, then will you go? - I might.
00:54:53 Take it easy. Guess you'll be all right.
00:57:18 - I told you everything. - We'd like to come in.
00:59:51 - I'll buy you a drink. - I'm not thirsty.
01:01:59 You. I never heard you talk like that before.
01:05:36 About Philip, a guy of hers, as if he were alive.
01:09:59 Let's sit down now.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed766
Dialogue density10.1 lines / min
First line00:01:19
Final line01:09:59

Production Record

DirectorRoy Ward Baker
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes9,020