Knock on Any Door

Knock on Any Door (1949)

Approved 17 Mar 1949 • Crime, Drama, Film-Noir • 1h 40m
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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. After he lost his paycheck gambling, hoping to buy his wife some jewelry, she announced she was pregnant, Later he finds her dead from suicide. When he turns again to robbery he's caught by a cop and Nick pumps all his bullets into him in frustration. Morton's appeal to the court emphasizes the evils of the slums.

Nicholas Ray
Director
Daniel Taradash, John Monks Jr., Willard Motley
Writer
Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready
Starring

Language: English, Italian, Latin
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Country: United States
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6.6

IMDb (4363 votes)
69%
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