Don't Bother to Knock

1952 film by Roy Ward Baker
Movie film Q1637360
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Don't Bother to Knock

Summary

Don't Bother to Knock is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (326 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Don't Bother to Knock's image is recorded as Monroe and Widmark in Don't Bother to Knock.jpg[3].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's director is recorded as Roy Ward Baker[5].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's screenwriter is recorded as Daniel Taradash[6].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's composer is recorded as Lionel Newman[7].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's composer is recorded as Elisabeth Lutyens[8].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's genre is recorded as film noir[9].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's genre is recorded as thriller film[10].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's genre is recorded as drama film[11].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Richard Widmark[12].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Marilyn Monroe[13].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Anne Bancroft[14].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Elisha Cook Jr.[15].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Jim Backus[16].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Don Beddoe[17].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Jeanne Cagney[18].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Lurene Tuttle[19].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Willis Bouchey[20].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Bess Flowers[21].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Harold Miller[22].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Verna Felton[23].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Robert Foulk[24].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's cast member is recorded as Emmett Vogan[25].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's producer is recorded as Julian Blaustein[26].
  • Don't Bother to Knock's production company is recorded as 20th Century Studios[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Don't Bother to Knock's producer is recorded as Julian Blaustein[26]. Its director is recorded as Roy Ward Baker[5]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Daniel Taradash[6]. Cast members include Richard Widmark[12], Marilyn Monroe[13], Anne Bancroft[14], Elisha Cook Jr.[15], Jim Backus[16], and Don Beddoe[17].

Publication

Publication dates include +1952-01-01T00:00:00Z[28] and +1952-07-18T00:00:00Z[29]. Don't Bother to Knock's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[30]. Genres include film noir[9], thriller film[10], and drama film[11].

Reception

Reviews include 6.8/10[31] and 100%[32].

Why It Matters

Don't Bother to Knock ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (326 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] . wikidata.org.
  27. [31] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [28] . wikidata.org.
  30. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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