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Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950, Crime/Drama, 1h 35m

16 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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Movie Info

Ashamed that his father lived a life of crime, hard-boiled New York City cop Mark Dixon (Dana Andrews) has a reputation for being too tough on criminals. So when Dixon unintentionally kills a murder suspect during a routine questioning, he hides the fact from the department and tries to pin the killing on his nemesis, notorious gangster Scalise (Gary Merrill). The snag in the cop's plan comes when his boss wrongly accuses the father of Dixon's love interest, Morgan (Gene Tierney), of the murder.

Genre:

Crime, Drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Otto Preminger
Producer:

Otto Preminger
Writer:

Ben Hecht
Release Date (Theaters):

Jun 26, 1950 original
Release Date (Streaming):

Dec 6, 2005
Runtime:

1h 35m

Cast & Crew

Dana Andrews
Det. Mark Dixon

Gene Tierney
Morgan Taylor

Gary Merrill
Tommy Scalise

Bert Freed
Det. Paul Klein

Tom Tully
Jiggs Taylor

Karl Malden
Lt. Thomas

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Critic Reviews for Where the Sidewalk Ends

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Audience Reviews for Where the Sidewalk Ends

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Exceptional crime pic with performances, story, visuals to satisfy any genre enthusiast.

Aldo G Super Reviewer
Oct 26, 2010

A good ole Black and White Police Drama, this one is about a Detective who is been warned about roughing up his suspects, while questioning one the fight and he kills him, so he tries his best to cover it up, which only leads to others being wrongfully blamed. The story then unfolds as he tries to make all the wrongs fall into place. A movie ahead f its time. 4 stars.

Super Reviewer
Sep 05, 2010

A brilliant story, part of the film noir left over from the 40s, and starring two famous noir actors: Tierney and Andrews. I loved this movie.

Super Reviewer
Jan 21, 2009

I know that there is no such thing as the 'perfect film', but I it's hard to imagine how they could have made this one any better. The only thing that comes to mind is fixing Gene Tierney's annoying overbite. Maybe.

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