Movie
Knock on Any Door
Overview
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
Details
- Release date
- 1949-02-22
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Santana Pictures Corporation, Columbia Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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
- Mickey Knox as Vito
- Barry Kelley as Judge Drake
- Florence Auer as Aunt Lena (uncredited)
- Vince Barnett as Carl Swanson - Bartender (uncredited)
- Argentina Brunetti as Ma Romano (uncredited)
- George Chandler as Cashier (uncredited)
- Chester Conklin as Barber (uncredited)
Crew
- Nicholas Ray - Director
- John Monks Jr. - Screenplay
- Daniel Taradash - Screenplay
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