Knock on Any Door 1949

Bosley Crowther, New York Times: A pretentiously 'social' melodrama which came to the Astor yesterday. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: Nicholas Ray wrestles with his social consciousness and loses in this drab 1949 drama. Read more

Time Out: I's hard hitting in its own right, tautly crafted, and repeatedly stabbed through with Ray's impulsive generosity and anguish towards his characters. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: Nicholas Ray's direction stresses the realism of the script taken from Willard Motley's novel of the same title, and gives the film a hard, taut pace that compels complete attention. Read more