Don't Bother to Knock Details

Frederic Raphael was among the writers who adapted Clifford Hanley's novel Love from Everybody for the screen, yet not even his eloquence could enliven a leaden romp that starts out smug and ends up tasteless. Considering he also produced the project, Richard Todd looks distinctly uncomfortable as the philandering travel agent who discovers, to girlfriend June Thorburn's horror, that all his European flirtations have arrived at his Edinburgh home at once. With sharper one-liners and pacier direction, this tacky tale could have been a reasonably entertaining bedroom farce, and thanks to Geoffrey Unsworth and Anne V Coates respectively, it has better photography and editing than it deserves.