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UNITED STATES · 1949

Knock on Any Door

Nicholas Ray
legal defense urban poverty social injustice youth delinquency crime and redemption
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Synopsis

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Year1949
CountryUnited States
DirectorNicholas Ray
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