Knock on Any Door (1949)
Genre: Filmnoir / Crime
Duration: 100 minuten
Alternative title: Achter Elke Deur
Country:
United States
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Stars: Humphrey Bogart, John Derek and George Macready
IMDb score:
6,6 (4.821)
Releasedate: 1 January 1949
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Knock on Any Door plot
"It will shock you but it will hold you spellbound to the end!"
Andrew Morton is a lawyer who has worked his way out of a bad neighborhood. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a laundry list of crimes. After betting his wages, he hopes to buy some jewelry for his wife. It turns out she was pregnant when he later finds her dead after committing suicide. When he starts committing robberies and is arrested by Nick, he gets a whole cartridge of bullets drilled into his body. When a lawsuit follows, Morton emphasizes the evils of the slum.
Actors and actresses
Andrew Morton
Nick Romano
Dist. Atty. Kerman
Emma
Adele Morton
Vito
Judge Drake
Aunt Lena (uncredited)
Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited)
Ma Romano (uncredited)
Reviews & comments
mrklm
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- 12190 messages
- 10362 votes
Nice, but not spectacular courtroom drama feels a bit old-fashioned, especially in the approach to the court case that takes up a large part of the film. Humphrey Bogart plays lawyer John Morton who tries to convince the jury that Nicky Romano [John Derek], despite his criminal background, is not the one who shot and killed a witness during a bank robbery. In flashback we learn a little more about how Nicky ended up in crime and how he slowly worked his way up in that dark world. George Macready, with a clearly visible scar, is the prosecutor who uses every means to undermine his opponent's plea. Not bad of its kind, but since then the courtroom drama has developed considerably and films (including 12 Angry Men (1957) and Inherit the Wind (1960) which are much more convincing.
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scorsese
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- 13430 messages
- 11264 votes
Reasonable film in which a lawyer represents a young man accused of murder. An entertainingly structured courtroom drama through the flashbacks and also some social drama (something that is best expressed during the best scene of the film: Humprey Bogart's final speech). However, the character of the accused young man does not really seem believable.
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