Fresh
Nicholas Ray's direction stresses the realism of the script taken from Willard Motley's novel of the same title, and gives the film a hard, taut pace that compels complete attention.
Variety Staff, Variety
Knock on Any Door
It will shock you but it will hold you spellbound to the end!
1949 · 1h 40m · N/A
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Nicholas Ray
Overview
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Director and cast
- Nicholas Ray Director
- Humphrey Bogart as Andrew Morton
- John Derek as Nick Romano
- George Macready as Dist. Atty. Kerman
- Allene Roberts as Emma
- Candy Toxton as Adele Morton (as Susan Perry)
- Mickey Knox as Vito
- Barry Kelley as Judge Drake
- Florence Auer as Aunt Lena (uncredited)
- Vince Barnett as Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited)
- Argentina Brunetti Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A pretentiously 'social' melodrama which came to the Astor yesterday.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Rotten
Nicholas Ray wrestles with his social consciousness and loses in this drab 1949 drama.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh
I's hard hitting in its own right, tautly crafted, and repeatedly stabbed through with Ray's impulsive generosity and anguish towards his characters.
Time Out
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