Knock on Any Door

An attorney defends a young hoodlum charged with murdering a policeman using the oppressiveness of his client's upbringing in the slums to appeal to the sympathies of the jury.

Knock on Any Door is a 1949 drama crime movie directed by Nicholas Ray, starring Humphrey Bogart, John Derek, George Macready. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.6/10 from 4,813 votes and runs 1h 40m.