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Director:
Nicholas Ray
Writers:
John Monks Jr. (writer)
Willard Motley (novel)
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Release Date:
22 February 1949 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama more
Plot:
Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Humphrey Bogart ... Andrew Morton
John Derek ... Nick Romano
George Macready ... Dist. Atty. Kerman
Allene Roberts ... Emma
Candy Toxton ... Adele Morton (as Susan Perry)
Mickey Knox ... Vito
Barry Kelley ... Judge Drake
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Italian
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Lake Arrowhead, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
Company:
Santana Pictures Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The book by Willard Motley was a best seller. It was serialized in the William Randolph Hearst newspapers and abridged versions appeared in Look Magazine and Omnibook (a Reader's Digest-type of magazine of the day). more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When visiting Nicky's mom, Mrs. Romano calls Mr. Morton "Signor Bogarto". more
Quotes:
Andrew Morton: Until we do away with the type of neighborhood that produced this boy, ten will spring up to take his place, a hundred, a thousand. Until we wipe out the slums and rebuild them, knock on any door and you may find Nick Romano. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in True Romance (1993) more

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Fair Drama, 28 February 2008
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Knock on Any Door (1949)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Humphrey Bogart gets top billing here but in reality the film is a showcase for John Derek who plays a thug who suffered from a rough upbringing. He eventually gets charged with the murder of a cop but he claims to be innocent and his lawyer (Bogart) believes him. Director Nicholas Ray does a good job with his duties but he's letdown by a pretty standard screenplay, which puts the main focus of the film on Derek's life story, which doesn't contain anything we haven't already seen in countless other movies. The film picks up towards the end when the trial start because Bogart takes center stage and delivers a very good performance. Derek is decent in his role but never strong enough to carry the film, which is what the screenplays asks of him. The only part of the flashback scenes that really work are the ones with Derek and his wife played by Allene Roberts. Roberts nearly steals the film and certainly out acts Derek in every scene. There's some nice dialogue including a great final speech by Bogart but there's just not enough originality here to make it work all the way through.

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