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Knock on Any Door is a 1949 American courtroom trial film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart. The movie was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Willard Motley.
Knock on Any Door: Directed by Nicholas Ray. With Humphrey Bogart, George Macready, Allene Roberts, Candy Toxton. An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
- (4.3K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Nicholas Ray
- 1949-03-17
Having pulled himself out of the poverty and squalor of a big city slum, idealist lawyer Andrew Morton (Humphrey Bogart) agrees to defend a young juvenile delinquent from his old neighborhood.
- (13)
- Humphrey Bogart
- Nicholas Ray
- Crime, Drama
A 1949 courtroom drama directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart and John Derek. Based on a novel by Willard Motley, the film explores the themes of justice, racism and corruption in the legal system.
- 100 min
- 3.5K
- cuthbertjones
IMDb provides the full list of cast and crew members for the 1949 film Knock on Any Door, directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart. See the names, roles, and credits of actors, writers, producers, and more.
In Knock on Any Door (1949), a tense courtroom drama with undercurrents of social commentary, Humphrey Bogart plays Andy Morton, a lawyer from the slums. He finds himself defending an old friend, Nick Romano (John Derek), accused of murdering a policeman during a robbery.
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A lawyer defends a young hoodlum accused of killing a policeman in the slums of New York. He argues that the social conditions of the slums are to blame for Nick Romano's crimes and tries to find witnesses to support his case.
