Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950)

Written by Ben Hecht, Robert E. Kent

Directed by Otto Preminger

Running Time: 120 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1950

Rating: 12 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Black and White

Oscar Preminger's tough thriller stars Dana Andrews as Mark Dixon, a New York cop with a penchant for roughing up suspects. One night, he goes too far and his suspect dies. He tries to frame gangster Tommy Scalise but the official investigation leads to Tod Benson, the victim's father-in-law. As Dixon is drawn into the case, he meets and begins to fall in love with the murder victim's estranged wife, Morgan Taylor. Rather than let his love's father be sent to jail for a crime he didn't commit, Dixon concocts a scheme to confront Scalise and his gang in the hope that Scalise will be killed and Benson will be cleared. However, the plan goes dreadfully wrong when the gang surrenders and Dixon is left with no way out of his murderous situation.

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Cast

Dana AndrewsDet. Sgt. Mark Dixon
Gene TierneyMorgan Taylor
Gary MerrillTommy Scalise
Bert FreedDet. Sgt. Paul Klein
Tom TullyJiggs Taylor Morgan's Father
Image for Karl MaldenKarl MaldenDet. Lt. Thomas
Ruth DonnellyMartha Owner of Martha's Cafe
Craig StevensKen Paine

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