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Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 American film noir directed and produced by Otto Preminger. The screenplay for the film was written by Ben Hecht, and adapted by Robert E. Kent, Frank P. Rosenberg, and Victor Trivas. The screenplay and adaptations were based on the novel Night Cry by William L. Stuart. The film stars Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney.
Where the Sidewalk Ends. 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.
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Quintessential '40s leading man Dana Andrews excels in perhaps his finest performance as another brutal cop who can't control himself (shades of Robert Ryan and Kirk Douglas!) in Otto Preminger's gripping, corrosive noir classic--the flip side of the sensitive cop Andrews played for him in Laura.
Where the Sidewalk Ends offers what most audiences expect from a classic noir - cops, corruption, moody lighting, and a jazz-inflected soundtrack.
Carlo Chatrian 09 Jan 2017. Critics reviews. Mark Dixon don’t take no guff. Get in his face, cross him, and things happen, bad things. Trouble is he’s a cop, a tough cop who’s lost his balance. He’s got no room for ambiguity. It’s either right or wrong. Then he crosses the line: rousting a suspect.
Dec 21, 2005 · Investigating a homicide at an illegal craps game run by gangster Tommy Scalise (Gary Merrill), detective Mark Dixon (Andrews), a cop whose renegade streak drives his lieutenant (Karl Malden) to explain that his “job is to detect criminals, not punish them,” accidentally kills a suspect with an uppercut during a scuffle.
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In this devilish and dangerous land, film noir lives and breathes — and Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) is an epic film noir, one of the greats. It's a film that drives the cynicism home, before kicking it to death in the garage.
