Knock on Any Door
1949 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
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.
Direction Nicholas Ray
Cast Humphrey Bogart · John Derek · George Macready · Allene Roberts · Candy Toxton · Mickey Knox · Barry Kelley
Soundtrack George Antheil
Screenplay John Monks Jr. · Daniel Taradash · Willard Motley
Cinematography Burnett Guffey
Original title Knock on Any Door
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