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Knock on Any Door (1949)

★ 6.6Approved100 minDirector: Nicholas Ray

1949 film by Nicholas Ray

Knock on Any Door is a 1949 American courtroom trial film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart. The movie was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Willard Motley. The picture gave actor John Derek his breakthrough role as young hoodlum Nick Romano, whose motto was "Live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse."

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Knock on Any Door about?
Knock on Any Door (1949) — 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 suicid
Is Knock on Any Door based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Knock on Any Door scary?
Content rating: Approved. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.