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Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) 7.6
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. But Dixon's vicious nature will get the better of him. Director:Otto Preminger |
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Cast
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| Dana Andrews | ... |
Det. Mark Dixon
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| Gene Tierney | ... |
Morgan Taylor
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| Gary Merrill | ... |
Tommy Scalise
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| Bert Freed | ... |
Det. Paul Klein
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Tom Tully | ... |
Jiggs Taylor
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| Karl Malden | ... |
Lt. Thomas
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Ruth Donnelly | ... |
Martha
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Craig Stevens | ... |
Ken Paine
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Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon always wanted to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. But for a good guy, he's awfully vicious. After several complaints over his roughing people up, his boss, Insp. Nicholas Foley, demotes him. Foley tells him he's a good man, but needs to get his head on straight and be more like Det. Lt. Thomas, who has just gotten a promotion. Meanwhile, Tommy Scalise has an illegal dice game going and is looking to make a sucker out of the rich Ted Morrison, who was brought in by Ken Paine and his beautiful wife Morgan. She figures out too late her husband is using her as a decoy. Paine strikes her when she refuses to play along. The chivalrous Morrison intervenes but Paine knocks him out cold. That seems to be the worst of it, but later it turns out the guy is dead; and Paine looks guilty. Soon Dixon has fallen in love with Morgan - but not before losing his temper again and committing a terrible deed that he tries to cover up. Morgan's father... Written by J. Spurlin
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 July 1950 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Faustrecht der Großstadt See more »Company Credits
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Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: One false move and you're over your head.
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Music by Alfred Newman (uncredited)
Whistled during opening credits
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This is the last in a series of films that Otto Preminger made as a director-for-hire for Twentieth Century Fox in the 1940's. The series includes Laura, which also stars Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, Fallen Angel and Whirlpool. See more »Goofs
Although Preminger places and moves his camera with great skill in this film, his camera is set up on Dana Andrews right in-between him and suspect Craig Stevens. Stevens' first punch misses Andrews chin by at least a foot. See more »Quotes
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: [having his bruises attended] Innocent people can get into terrible jams too.[groans]
Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon: One false move and you're over your head.
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Crazy Credits
The opening credits start as chalk writing on a sidewalk, with someone walking over them. See more »Soundtracks
"Street Scene"Music by Alfred Newman (uncredited)
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If all "film noirs" were this good, we would have a lot more of them. If someone were to ask me what is one I would tell them to go see this movie as a perfect example. This a 50 year old movie that doesn't feel old. In other words, nothing sounds corny and stupid as others of the time. Dana Andrews had a real hard edge on his shoulder much different than in The Best Years Of Our Lives. Without giving anything away, I recommend seeing this movie "cold" like I did and be thoroughly entertained.