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Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) More at IMDbPro »

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, a tale-spinning taxi driver, may take the rap for it. It's up to Dixon to try to pin the blame on Scalise. Written by J. Spurlin

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 it up and pin the killing on a racketeer he hates and knows has committed many crimes like this in the past, Scalise. Written by Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>

A tough New York City police detective misses out on a promotion because of his record of assault-and-battery in handling suspects and arrests. His superior officer takes him off of a murder case and, in his resolve to solve the case and prove his worth, he accidentally kills a man. He plants clues to absolve him self but his plan runs into trouble when he meets, and falls in love with a married woman, and her father is innocently accused of the crime. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

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