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Knock on Any Door is a american film of genre Drama directed by Nicholas Ray released in USA on 17 march 1949 with Humphrey Bogart
Knock on Any Door (1949)
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Add to a movie listKnock on Any Door is a 1949 American court-room trial film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart. The picture gave actor John Derek a break in developing his film career and was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Willard Motley.
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Against the wishes of his law partners, lawyer Andrew Morton (Humphrey Bogart) takes the case of Nick Romano (John Derek), a troubled young man from the slums, partly because he himself came from the same slums, and partly because he feels guilty for botching the criminal trial of Nick's father years earlier (he was innocent). Nick is on trial for viciously killing a policeman point-blank and faces execution if convicted (the event is shown in a dark opening scene, but the killer's face is not seen).Actors
Humphrey Bogart
(Andrew Morton)
John Derek
(Nick Romano)
George Macready
(Dist. Atty. Kerman)
Allene Roberts
(Emma)
Mickey Knox
(Vito)
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