Don't Bother to Knock (1961 film)

Don't Bother to Knock
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Produced by Frank Godwin
Written by Denis Cannan
Frederic Gotfurt
Frederic Raphael
Based on Don't Bother to Knock
1959 novel
by Clifford Hanley
Starring Richard Todd
Nicole Maurey
Elke Sommer
John Le Mesurier
Music by Elisabeth Lutyens
Cinematography Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by Anne V. Coates
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

References

  1. ↑ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/31656


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