Where the Sidewalk Ends

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

Genre : CrimeDramaThriller

Runtime : 95 mins

Release Date : 1950-07-07

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Your job is to detect criminals, not to punish them. American city film noir directed by Otto Preminger with the screenplay written by Ben Hecht. The adaptation is from the novel "Night Cry" written by William L. Stuart and Joseph LaShelle provides the cinematography for the New York City shoot...

"Dixon" (Dana Andrews) is an hard-nosed cop who likes to play by his own rules. Needless to say that puts him at odds with his superiors and ultimately leads to his demotion just as his contemporary "Thomas" (Karl Malden) is made lieutenant. Whilst all this disarray is distracting the police, crimi...

Cast

Dana Andrews

Dana Andrews

(Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon)

Gene Tierney

Gene Tierney

(Morgan Taylor)

Bert Freed

Bert Freed

(Det. Sgt. Paul Klein)

Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill

(Tommy Scalise)

Karl Malden

Karl Malden

(Det. Lt. Thomas)

Tom Tully

Tom Tully

(Jiggs Taylor)

Ruth Donnelly

Ruth Donnelly

(Martha)

Craig Stevens

Craig Stevens

(Ken Paine)

Fred Aldrich

Fred Aldrich

(Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited))

Tom Coleman

(Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited))

Chuck Hamilton

(Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited))

Ian MacDonald

Ian MacDonald

(Detective Casey (uncredited))

John McGuire

John McGuire

(Detective Gertessen (uncredited))

Clarence Straight

(Detective (uncredited))

Robert B. Williams

Robert B. Williams

(Detective (uncredited))

Phil Tully

(Det. Ted Benson, 16th Precinct (uncredited))

Don Appell

(Willie Bender (uncredited))

Tony Barr

(Hoodlum (uncredited))

John Daheim

John Daheim

(Scalise Hoodlum (uncredited))

Neville Brand

(Steve, Scalise Hood (uncredited))

Herbert Lytton

Herbert Lytton

(Joe, Scalise Hood (uncredited))

Lou Nova

(Ernie, Scalise Hood (uncredited))

Eddie Borden

Eddie Borden

(Pool Hall Patron (uncredited))

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

(Pool Hall Patron (uncredited))

Barry Brooks

(Thug (uncredited))

Ralph Brooks

(Railroad Baggage Clerk (uncredited))

Oleg Cassini

Oleg Cassini

(Oleg the Fashion Designer (uncredited))

John Close

(Hanson (uncredited))

Clancy Cooper

Clancy Cooper

(Police Desk Sergeant Murphy (uncredited))

Charles Tannen

Charles Tannen

(Police Radio Dispatcher #79 (voice) (uncredited))

Ray Spiker

Ray Spiker

(Policeman (uncredited))

Sayre Dearing

Sayre Dearing

(Man at Dice Table / Passerby (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

Bert Stevens

(Passerby (uncredited))

Bob Evans

(Sweatshirt (uncredited))

Robert Foulk

Robert Foulk

(Fenney (uncredited))

Joseph Granby

(Fat Man (uncredited))

Kathleen Hughes

Kathleen Hughes

(Secretary (uncredited))

Lou Krugman

Lou Krugman

(Mike Williams (uncredited))

Louise Lorimer

Louise Lorimer

(Mrs. Jackson (uncredited))

Eda Reiss Merin

Eda Reiss Merin

(Mrs. Shirley Klein (uncredited))

Grayce Mills

(Mrs. Tribaum, Paine's Landlady (uncredited))

Harry von Zell

Harry von Zell

(Mr. Morrison (uncredited))

David McMahon

David McMahon

(Harrington (uncredited))

Peggy O'Connor

(Model (uncredited))

Shirley Tegge

(Model (uncredited))

Robert Patten

Robert Patten

(Medical Examiner (uncredited))

Stephen Roberts

(Gilruth (uncredited))

Lester Sharpe

Lester Sharpe

(Friedman, Morgan's Employer (uncredited))

Robert F. Simon

Robert F. Simon

(Insp. Nicholas Foley (uncredited))

Larry Thompson

(Riley (uncredited))

Chili Williams

Chili Williams

(Teddy (uncredited))

Mack Williams

Mack Williams

(Jerry Morris, Attorney (uncredited))

Anthony George

Anthony George

(Scalise Hoodlum (uncredited))

David Bauer

David Bauer

(Sid Kramer)

Charles Flynn

(Policeman Schwartz (uncredited))

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