Product Description

Spain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD:it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Mono ),Spanish ( Mono ),Portuguese ( Subtitles ),SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive Menu, Scene Access,SYNOPSIS: Andrew Morton is an attorney who made it out of the slums. Nick Romano is his client, a young man with a long string of crimes behind him. After he lost his paycheck gambling, hoping to buy his wife some jewelry, she announced she was pregnant, Later he finds her dead from suicide. When he turns again to robbery he's caught by a cop and Nick pumps all his bullets into him in frustration. Morton's appeal to the court emphasizes the evils of the slums.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #61035 in DVD
• Formats: Import, PAL
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Portuguese
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

Features

• THIS DVD WILL NOT WORK ON STANDARD US DVD PLAYER

Customer Reviews

NICHOLAS RAY, OPUS 3
****1/2 1949. Based on Willard Motley's Knock on Any Door, produced by Humphrey Bogart's production company and directed by Nicholas Ray. Andrew Morton accepts to take charge of Nick Romanos' defense. Romano is accused of having murdered a policeman. Convinced that his client is innocent, Morton explains to the jurors how he met the young man. Nicholas Ray handles here two of his favorite themes one will often discern in his filmography: firstly the innocence of youth, a theme found in the way Morton defends Nick Romano, the cinematic brother of THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT's hero and of the James Dean of Rebel Without a Cause (Two-Disc Special Edition). When he pleads not guilty, Morton tries to show the frailty of the accusation's evidences and when he finally pleads guilty, he'll point up the responsibility of the society in front of Nick Romano's behaviour. Also note the theme of the staunched violence of Andrew Morton, a violence that will explode one year later through the character of Dixon Steele, the hero of In a Lonely Place. Highly recommended.

If you are a Nicholas Ray completist and if you own a multizone DVD player, this Spanish DVD release could be the good choice for you. The copy is near perfect, image and sound. No special bonus but optional Portuguese subtitles.

Not Available in US DVD release
I have a soft spot in my heart for this film being that as a child it was my first exposure to Humphrey Bogart. It is an adaptation of the book Knock on Any Door by Willard Motley. His first novel deals with all races and nationalities in his story of the poor. The picture is also notable for introducing John Derek.

For some reason this film has not been released in DVD form in the US. In addition to the original English language release, very good print, you can watch this film dubbed into Spanish. Its amusing hearing the foreign actor dubbing Bogie's lines into Spanish with a lisp