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Knock on Any Door (1949)  link to Knock on Any Door on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 2779

poster Knock on Any Door

IMDb Rating:
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6.9/10 (2589 votes)

Country: USA, 100 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, Italian

Genre(s): Drama, Crime, Film-Noir

Director(s): Nicholas Ray

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
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.

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Cast:

photo Humphrey Bogart Humphrey Bogart Andrew Morton
photo John Derek John Derek Nick Romano
photo George Macready George Macready Dist. Atty. Kerman
photo Allene Roberts Allene Roberts Emma
photo Mickey Knox Mickey Knox Vito

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3