Knock on Any Door

"It will shock you but it will hold you spellbound to the end!"

Mar 17 1949 Approved 1h 40m
Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Plot

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.

Written by

Daniel Taradash, John Monks Jr., Willard Motley

Directed by

Nicholas Ray

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Santana Pictures Corporation, Columbia Pictures

Languages

English, Italiano

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
4,697
Average Rating
6.6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA