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{{For|the film 1952 starring Marilyn Monroe|Don't Bother to Knock}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Don't Bother to Knock
| image = Don't Bother to Knock 1961 film poster.png
| border = yes
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Cyril Frankel]]
| screenplay = {{Plainlist|
* [[Denis Cannan]]
* [[Frederick Gotfurt|Frederic Gotfurt]]
}}
| based_on = {{based on|''Don't Bother to Knock''|[[Cliff Hanley|Clifford Hanley]]}}
| producer = [[Frank Godwin (film producer)|Frank Godwin]]
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Richard Todd]]
* [[Nicole Maurey]]
* [[Elke Sommer]]
* [[June Thorburn]]
* [[Rik Battaglia]]
* [[Judith Anderson]]
}}
| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Unsworth]]
| editing = [[Anne V. Coates]]
| music = [[Elisabeth Lutyens]]
| production_companies = {{Plainlist|
* [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Associated British]]
* Haileywood Productions
}}
| distributor = [[Associated British Picture Corporation|Warner-Pathé Distributors]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1961|5|18|[[Sheffield]]|1961|6|1|London}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}

'''''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 [[Frederick Gotfurt|Frederic Gotfurt]], based on the 1959 novel of the same name by [[Cliff Hanley|Clifford Hanley]]. It stars [[Richard Todd]], [[Nicole Maurey]], [[Elke Sommer]], [[June Thorburn]], [[Rik Battaglia]] and [[Judith Anderson]].

==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.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114080200/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/31656 BFI.org]</ref>

==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 (actor)|Ronald Fraser]] as Fred
* Tommy Duggan as Al
* [[Michael Shepley]] as Colonel
* [[Joan Sterndale-Bennett]] as Spinster
* [[Amanda Barrie]] as American Girl
* [[Warren Mitchell]] as waiter (uncredited)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0055621}}
* {{AFI film|id=23078|title=Don't Bother to Knock}}
* {{AllMovie title|116911}}
* {{British Comedy Guide|film|dont_bother_to_knock}}
* {{TCMDb title|id=95756}}

{{Cyril Frankel}}

[[Category:1961 films]]
[[Category:1961 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:CinemaScope films]]
[[Category:Films based on British novels]]
[[Category:Films directed by Cyril Frankel]]
[[Category:Films scored by Elisabeth Lutyens]]
[[Category:Films set in Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios]]
[[Category:Films shot in Edinburgh]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]

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