Knock on Any Door
Knock on Any Door

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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.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Knock on Any Door:

Humphrey Bogart
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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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CinePassion - 9/10 by Fernando F. CroceThe courtroom perorations are drab, but Nicholas Ray takes off in the fervid slums
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 8/10 by Dennis SchwartzThough Ray's film has a strong sense of social and moral outrage, the narrative doesn't bear out the simplistic conclusions arrived at.
Chicago Reader - 6/10 by Dave KehrNicholas Ray wrestles with his social consciousness and loses in this drab 1949 drama.
New York Times - 4/10 by Bosley CrowtherA pretentiously 'social' melodrama which came to the Astor yesterday.
User Review - 8/10 by Ben SNick Romano: "Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse"
User Review - 8/10 by David DAdele Morton: If I were as cynical as you, I'd hang myself.Andrew Morton: If you were as cynical as me? I wouldn't even trust the rope.Another Bogart movie I've never seen. God bless Ted Turner and TCM. I swear, TCM must be the greatest TV station of all time. As I've said before, I've never met a Bogart movie I didn't like. This one is no exception. He plays a "good guy" in this one, and he's brilliant either way. Nobody can deliver a line like Bogart, and no one can deliver a moralizing speech like the one at the end of this film like Bogart. In a lesser actor's hands, you might be tempted to laugh, but Bogart makes the lessoning stick like crazy glue and stand like the Rock of Gibraltar. Perhaps the best male actor of all time.
User Review - 8/10 by Eric RKnock On Any Door is a film about circumstance and how a criminals ways could very well be as much a bi-product of their environment as it is their own nature. Humphrey Bogart stars as Andrew Morton, a lawyer, who himself came from the slums of skid-row. He takes a case to defend Nick Romano, a young kid from the slums who is up for the murder of a police officer. The film chronicles this trial, while routinely going to the flashback to fill us in on the whole picture. While I can definitely agree that this is a lesser Nicholas Ray film, I still found it to be powerful and a great commentary on society. I guess when talking about one of the best filmmakers of all time, a lesser work is still a strong film. We are shown a powerful portrait of a young man, born in the slums, whose bad-luck and poor decisions lead to this slow degradation of his morals. We see the good side of Nick and he tries to make an honest living at times, but ultimately fails. I think the strongest aspect of this film is how it deals with the character of Nick Romano. It's a balanced dissection of the character and never leans too heavy-handed towards either argument (him being a bad person vs. him being a victim of environment). The story is solid but I did have some issues with the script in that their are stretches of dialogue which do come off as very leading and on-the-nose. In general is a mediocre screenplay which is elevated by Nicholas Ray's directing talent, which is on display.
User Review - 8/10 by Kevin Rone of bogies best later or columbia years performances in this crime/teen/drama.
User Review - 6/10 by Darren HA Nicholas Ray courtroom drama with Bogey as a defense lawyer. Now this is some classic time-filler.
User Review - 6/10 by Scott RA weak build up to a strong courtroom climax. Fascinating that at that time it took on the issue of environment leading to criminal acts. Bogie's speech was good.

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