Review of Knock on Any Door (1949) by David D — 23 Dec 2009
Adele Morton: If I were as cynical as you, I'd hang myself.Andrew Morton: If you were as cynical as me? I wouldn't even trust the rope.Another Bogart movie I've never seen. God bless Ted Turner and TCM.
I swear, TCM must be the greatest TV station of all time. As I've said before, I've never met a Bogart movie I didn't like. This one is no exception. He plays a "good guy" in this one, and he's brilliant either way.
Nobody can deliver a line like Bogart, and no one can deliver a moralizing speech like the one at the end of this film like Bogart. In a lesser actor's hands, you might be tempted to laugh, but Bogart makes the lessoning stick like crazy glue and stand like the Rock of Gibraltar.
Perhaps the best male actor of all time.
This review of Knock on Any Door (1949) was written by David D on 23 Dec 2009.
Knock on Any Door has generally received positive reviews.
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