Knock On Any Door (1949)

Knock On Any Door (1949)

„Knock On Any Door“ is a 1949 courtroom trial film noir directed by Nicholas Ray. The screenplay by Daniel Taradash and John Monks Jr. is based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Willard Motley.

A young man, product of skid row, accused of murdering a cop, is defended by a prominent attorney who has known him from childhood. The DA breaks him on the witness stand. Based on a novel by Willard Motley.

Cast:

• Humphrey Bogart – Andrew Morton
• George Macready – District Attorney Kerman
• Allene Roberts – Emma
• Candy Toxton – Adele Morton
• Mickey Knox – Vito
• Barry Kelley – Judge Drake
• John Derek – Nick Romano
• Carol Coombs – Angie Romano
• Myron Healey – Assistant District Attorney
• Florence Auer – Aunt Lena
• Chuck Hamilton – Bailiff
• Frank Merlo – Bailiff
• Ralph Volkie – Bailiff
• Chester Conklin – Barber
• Dudley Dickerson – Bootblack
• Wesley Hopper – Boss
• Dewey Martin – Butch
• Vince Barnett – Carl Swanson
• George Chandler – Cashier
• Gordon Nelson – Corey
• Donald Kerr – Court Clerk
• Franklyn Farnum – Courtroom Spectator
• George Hickman – Detective
• Philip Morris – Detective
• Al Hill – Detective Interrogating Romano
• Sol Gorss – Detective Interrogating Suspect
• Sid Tomack – Duke the Fence
• Curt Conway – Ed Elkins
• Theda Barr – Girl
• Jody Gilbert – Gussie
• Sumner Williams – Jimmy
• Pepe Hern – Juan Rodríguez
• Dick Sinatra – Julian Romano
• Houseley Stevenson – Junior
• Homer Dickenson – Jury Member
• Sidney Dubin – Jury Member
• Mary Emery – Jury Member
• Betty Hall – Jury Member
• Joy Hallward – Jury Member
• Jack Jahries – Jury Member
• John Mitchum – Jury Member
• Netta Packer – Jury Member
• Rose Plumer – Jury Member
• Franz Roehn – Jury Member
• Mabel Smaney – Jury Member
• Evelyn Underwood – Jury Member
• Jimmy Conlin – Kid Fingers Carnahan
• Dorothy Vernon – Knitter
• Garry Owen – Larry
• Argentina Brunetti – Ma Romano
• Joe Brockman – Man
• Chuck Colean – Man
• Joe Dougherty – Man
• Cliff Heard – Man
• John Indrisano – Man
• Ray Johnson – Man
• Paul Kreibich – Man
• Jack Perry – Man
• Charles Sullivan – Man
• Tex Swan – Man
• Harry Wilson – Man
• Jeff York – Man
• Joan Baxter – Maria Romano
• Helen Mowery – Miss Holiday
• Cara Williams – Nelly Watkins
• James Conaty – Nightclub Dance Extra
• Thomas Sully – Officer Dan Hawkins
• Dooley Wilson – Piano Player
• William Haade – Police Sergeant
• Paul Baxley – Policeman
• Jack Clisby – Policeman
• Lee Phelps – Policeman
• Glen Thompson – Policeman
• Brick Sullivan – Policeman on Street
• Sam Flint – Prison Warden
• Pierre Watkin – Purcell
• Al Ferguson – Reformatory Guard
• Eddie Parker – Reformatory Guard
• Richard Bartell – Reporter
• Joan Danton – Reporter
• Eda Reiss Merin – Reporter
• Joe Palma – Reporter
• Ed Randolph – Reporter
• Sid Melton – Squint’ Zinsky
• Davis Roberts – Sunshine Jackson
• Frank Hagney – Suspect
• Peter Virgo – Suspect
• Blackie Whiteford – Suspect Without Shirt
• Lorraine Comerford – Teenager in Courtroom
• Ann Duncan – Teenager in Courtroom
• Eddie Borden – The Chef in Poolroom/Court Spectator
• Charles Camp – Waiter
• Hazel Boyne – Woman
• Connie Conrad – Woman
• Anne Cornwall – Woman
• Roberta Haynes – Woman
• Jane Lee – Woman
• Beulah Parkington – Woman
• Betty Taylor – Woman

„Vor verschlossenen Türen“ (Knock On Any Door) ist ein Film Noir aus dem Jahr 1949 unter der Regie von Nicholas Ray. Das Drehbuch von Daniel Taradash und John Monks Jr. basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Willard Motley aus dem Jahr 1947.

Ein junger Mann aus dem Armenviertel, der des Mordes an einem Polizisten angeklagt ist, wird von einem prominenten Anwalt verteidigt, der ihn seit seiner Kindheit kennt. Der Staatsanwalt bricht ihn im Zeugenstand. Basierend auf einem Roman von Willard Motley.