| Knock on Any Door | |
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| Directed by | Nicholas Ray |
| Screenplay by | John Monks Jr. Daniel Taradash |
| Based on | Knock on Any Door (1947 novel) by Willard Motley |
| Produced by | Robert Lord |
| Starring | Humphrey Bogart John Derek George Macready Allene Roberts Susan Perry |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey |
| Edited by | Viola Lawrence |
| Music by | George Antheil |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.1 million[1] |
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."[2][3]
- ^ "Top Grossers of 1949". Variety. 4 January 1950. p. 59.
- ^ Slide, Anthony. Lost Gay Novels: A Reference Guide to Fifty Works from the First Half of the Twentieth Century, pages 135-136, 1st edition, 2003. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press. ISBN 1-56023-413-X.
- ^ Nicholas Ray (1949). Knock on Any Door. Event occurs at 32m and 61m.