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Knock on Any Door (1949)
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22 February 1949 (USA)
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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...
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Daniel Taradash Dead at 90
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Daniel Taradash Dead at 90
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Solid melodrama with Bogart
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Humphrey Bogart | ... | Andrew Morton | |
| John Derek | ... | Nick Romano | |
| George Macready | ... | Dist. Atty. Kerman | |
| Allene Roberts | ... | Emma | |
| Candy Toxton | ... | Adele Morton (as Susan Perry) | |
| Mickey Knox | ... | Vito | |
| Barry Kelley | ... | Judge Drake |
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100 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)
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When Humphrey Bogart was told that director Nicholas Ray wanted to film the entire 'sentencing statement for the defense' sequence in a single take, Bogart was concerned because he had never delivered such a long speech without cuts and feared he couldn't do it. Ray calmed Bogart down, suggested several rehearsals, and much to Bogart's surprise, Ray rolled during the rehearsals filming most of what has become the famous and well played sentencing sequence.
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Continuity: In the Morton office, after Ed stands up and leaves, the Morton's right hand is on the desk. In the next shot his right hand is high over the desk.
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Dist. Atty. Kerman:
Was there a floor show that night at the bar?
Butch: There was a dame - a lady.
Dist. Atty. Kerman: Was the lady a blonde or brunette?
Butch: You think I was looking at her hair?
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Butch: There was a dame - a lady.
Dist. Atty. Kerman: Was the lady a blonde or brunette?
Butch: You think I was looking at her hair?
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Referenced in True Romance (1993)
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Nick Ray's 3rd film (I believe); his first with Bogey. Bogart is a lawyer and although his part is written a bit hokey, he convinces in the part. Mostly told in a conventional flashback like "A Woman's Secret". Good acting, decent photography. George Macready is excellent as well as the scarred, evil, but ultimately vindicated prosecutor. Though it has some melodrama of the forced variety, it manages to convey a sense of the rough edges around the conventional truth. No real heroes here.