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At a floating crap game in New York City run by gangster Tommy Scalise, the beautiful Morgan Taylor decides to leave for the night, with or without the man, Ken Paine, who brought her there. Effusive Texas tycoon Morrison offers to escort her home. This upsets Scalise, as Morrison is up $19,000 on his bank.
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed. Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law.
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.
Preminger's slick noir gem presents a damning indictment of the criminal justice system's perpetual rot and the kinds of cops who take the law into their own hands. Nov 30, 2021. A formidable and...
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In New York, Mark Dixon is an efficient, but violent police detective who is haunted by his past. His father was a hoodlum, and Detective Dixon hates criminals. After twelve complaints on his abusive behavior, his chief, Inspector Nicholas Foley, threatens him to take his badge if he loses his temper again.
Cop Dixon (Dana Andrews) drops in on intoxicated Paine (Craig Stevens) whom he inadvertently kills, then gets a warning from partner Klein (Bert Freed), in Otto Preminger's , 1950. Ben Mankiewicz introduces , 1950. Based on the novel Night Cry by William L. Stuart (New York, 1948).
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Overview. New York City cop Mark Dixon is already in trouble with his superiors for his brutal tactics when he accidentally kills a murder suspect. To protect himself, he decides to cover up the crime and pin the killing on a racketeer—a situation that grows complicated when the father of the woman Dixon loves is implicated as a suspect.
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.
Jul 7, 2024 · Where the Sidewalk Ends is a film noir directed by Otto Preminger, starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. Released in 1950, the film follows a New York City police detective who is accused of killing a suspect, sparking an investigation that leads him to uncover a complex web of crime and corruption.
