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Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 American film noir directed and produced by Otto Preminger. [2] [3] 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.
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. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him?
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Otto Preminger
- 1950-08
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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- Dana Andrews
- Otto Preminger
- Crime, Drama
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.
Videos. Details. 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.
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 (1950) -- (Movie Clip) He's A War Hero 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 Where The Sidewalk Ends, 1950.