Story Line
An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.
“… a wicked sensation as the lonely girl in room 809!”
Top Cast
Richard Widmark
Jed Towers
Marilyn Monroe
Nell Forbes
Anne Bancroft
Lyn Lesley
Donna Corcoran
Bunny Jones
Jeanne Cagney
Rochelle
Lurene Tuttle
Ruth Jones
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Rating
6.6/ 10
Release Date
1952-07-18
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
DramaThriller
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8/10
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Cat Ellington
No rating•2/25/2017
Nell Forbes was by far the darkest and most volatile character Marilyn Monroe had ever portrayed in her entire career.
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CinemaSerf
7/10
•3/6/2026“Lyn” (Anne Bancroft) is an hotel crooner who is in love with, but recently dumped, airline pilot “Jed” (Richard Widmark) who has consequently repaired to his hotel room with a bottle whilst she (well, Eve Marley actually) serenades him via the PA sy...