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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. The picture gave actor John Derek his breakthrough role as young hoodlum Nick Romano, whose motto was, "live fast, die young, and have a good looking corpse."
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.
Knock on Any Door is a 1949 American courtroom trial FILM NOlR directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart. The picture gave actor John Derek his breakthrough role, and was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Willard Motley.
Jun 17, 2018 · The original trailer in high definition of Knock on Any Door directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready and Allene Roberts.
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...
- Crime, Drama
Dec 10, 2020 · Knock on Any Door (1949) and The Young Savages (1961) each investigate a gang-related murder in a crime-ridden NYC slum. In each, the central character seeking truth & justice is someone who grew up in the slum, but managed to “roll with the punches” [Randy Newman, 1988] so that, instead of spiraling down into a life of crime, becomes a lawyer
Having pulled himself out of the poverty and squalor of a big city slum, idealist lawyer Andrew Morton agrees to defend a young juvenile delinquent from his old neighborhood who stands accused of murdering a policeman.
