Don't Bother to Knock (1961 film)
| Don't Bother to Knock | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Cyril Frankel |
| Written by | Denis Cannan Frederic Gotfurt Frederic Raphael |
| Produced by | Frank Godwin |
| Starring | Richard Todd Nicole Maurey Elke Sommer John Le Mesurier |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Anne V. Coates |
| Music by | Elisabeth Lutyens |
| Distributed by | Warner-Pathé Distributors (UK) |
Release date | 29 May 1961 (London) |
Running time | 89 minutes (UK) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Don't Bother to Knock (US: Why Bother to Knock) is a 1961 CinemaScope British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and co-produced by and starring Richard Todd. Also starring with Todd were Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer and John Le Mesurier.
Synopsis
Bill Ferguson (Richard Todd), a Scottish romantically active travel agent has an argument with his soon to be fiancée Stella when he loses the key to his Edinburgh apartment. Maggie, an American business associate of Bill's, find's Bill's key in his trouser cuff where he dropped it. Prior to returning it she makes a copy of Bill's key then gives him a gift of a case of copies of the key with Bill's address on a metal tag.
Visiting the Continent on a business trip, Bill has romantic liaisons with several woman in different nations giving each one a key to his flat. When all of them want to attend the Edinburgh Festival each one decides to stay with Bill with Bill unsuccessfully trying to prevent them from meeting each other.[1]
Cast
- Richard Todd as Bill Ferguson
- Nicole Maurey as Lucille
- Elke Sommer as Ingrid
- June Thorburn as Stella
- Rik Battaglia as Gulio
- Judith Anderson as Maggie
- Dawn Beret as Harry
- Scott Finch as Perry
- Eleanor Summerfield as Mother
- John Le Mesurier as Father
- Colin Gordon as Rolsom
- Kenneth Fortescue as Ian
- Ronald Fraser as Fred
- Tommy Duggan as Al
- Michael Shepley as Colonel
- Joan Sterndale-Bennett as Spinster
References
External links
- Don't Bother to Knock at British Comedy Guide
- Don't Bother to Knock at IMDb
- Don't Bother to Knock at AllMovie
- Don't Bother to Knock at the TCM Movie Database
- Don't Bother to Knock at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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