Knock on Any Door

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courtroom drama film film film noir

Knock on Any Door is a 1949 American film noir courtroom drama, best known for starring Humphrey Bogart as a defense attorney representing a troubled young man accused of murder.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf courtroom drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Willard Motley ⓘ
basedOn Knock on Any Door (novel) ⓘ
cinematography Burnett Guffey ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Nicholas Ray ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Pictures ⓘ
distributorCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
editedBy Viola Lawrence ⓘ
featuresCharacterOccupation defense attorney ⓘ
gang member ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
genre courtroom drama ⓘ
crime film ⓘ
film noir ⓘ
hasBlackAndWhiteCinematography true ⓘ
mainCharacter Andrew Morton ⓘ
Nick Romano ⓘ
musicBy George Antheil ⓘ
notableQuote Live fast, die young, and have a good-looking corpse ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays juvenile delinquency ⓘ
producer Humphrey Bogart ⓘ
Robert Lord ⓘ
productionCompany Santana Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1949-02-18 ⓘ
releaseYear 1949 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 100 ⓘ
screenwriter Daniel Taradash ⓘ
John Monks Jr. ⓘ
setInPeriod 1930s ⓘ
setting urban slums ⓘ
starring Allene Roberts ⓘ
Barry Kelley ⓘ
Candy Toxton ⓘ
George Macready ⓘ
Humphrey Bogart ⓘ
Jim Backus ⓘ
John Derek ⓘ
subjectMatter murder trial ⓘ
poverty in urban slums ⓘ
social injustice ⓘ

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Dooley Wilson → appearedIn → Knock on Any Door ⓘ
John Derek → notableWork → Knock on Any Door ⓘ
Nicholas Ray → directed → Knock on Any Door ⓘ
Arthur Wilson → workedOn → Knock on Any Door ⓘ
subject surface form: Dooley Wilson
Santana Productions → notableWork → Knock on Any Door ⓘ