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Knock on Any Door (1949)

Name: Knock on Any Door
Director: Nicholas Ray
Genre: drama film, film noir, trial film
Rating: 6.6

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."

Directed by Nicholas Ray · Shot by Burnett Guffey · Cut by Viola Lawrence · Music by George Antheil

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More by Nicholas Ray

They Live by Night — 1948
A Woman's Secret — 1949
Roseanna McCoy — 1949
Born to Be Bad — 1950
In a Lonely Place — 1950
Flying Leathernecks — 1951
Androcles and the Lion — 1952
The Lusty Men — 1952
Macao — 1952
On Dangerous Ground — 1952
Johnny Guitar — 1954
Run for Cover — 1955
Rebel Without a Cause — 1955
Bigger Than Life — 1956
Hot Blood — 1956
The True Story of Jesse James — 1957
Bitter Victory — 1957
Wind Across the Everglades — 1958
Party Girl — 1958
The Savage Innocents — 1960
King of Kings — 1961
55 Days at Peking — 1963
Wet Dreams — 1974
We Can't Go Home Again — 1976
Lightning Over Water — 1980

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