Don't Bother To Knock
- 1961 film
Romantic entanglements ensue as a travel agent attempts to become engaged to his long-term girlfriend despite having a string of women at his flat. Stars Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer, June Thorburn, Rik Battaglia and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1961
- Stars
- Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer, June Thorburn, Rik Battaglia, Judith Anderson, Dawn Beret, Scot Finch and more
- Writers
- Clifford Hanley, Denis Cannan, Frederic Gotfurt and Frederic Raphael
- Director
- Cyril Frankel
- Producers
- Frank Godwin and Richard Todd
- Company
Edinburgh travel agent Bill Ferguson heads on a continental holiday after a falling out with his tempestuous girlfriend Stella, to whom he intended to propose marriage.
Whilst away he receives news that Stella has become engaged to another man, and so doesn't hold back from finding a few flings of his own! In turn, he gives each woman his address and one of a number of spare keys a friend gave him as a joke present before he left home - but fairly understandably assumes he'll never see any of them again.
However, Bill's holiday is cut short when a phone call seals his reunion with and long-awaited engagement to Stella. He heads back to Edinburgh immediately, but it quickly transpires that his flat is not as vacant as he'd expected!
Additional details
- Tagline
- He was fiancée free and free for anything fancy .... and on a mad merry miss-conducted tour of Europe's beauties!
- UK certificate
- A
- Duration
- 87 minutes
- UK release
- Monday 29th May 1961
- Distributors
- Also known as
-
- Why Bother To Knock? (US title)
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Music composed by Elisabeth Lutyens and conducted by John Hollingsworth.
Website links
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 4th March 2021 at 6:35pm on TPTV
- Thursday 5th November 2020 at 6:45pm on TPTV
- Monday 20th July 2020 at 2:35pm on TPTV
Recording details
- Elstree Film Studios