Where the Sidewalk Ends
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Cast
Dana Andrews
as Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon
Gene Tierney
as Morgan Taylor
Bert Freed
as Det. Sgt. Paul Klein
Gary Merrill
as Tommy Scalise
Karl Malden
as Det. Lt. Thomas
Tom Tully
as Jiggs Taylor
Ruth Donnelly
as Martha
Craig Stevens
as Ken Paine
Fred Aldrich
as Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)
Tom Coleman
as Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)
Reviews
John Chard
Your job is to detect criminals, not to punish them. American city film noir directed by Otto Preminger with the screenplay written by Ben Hecht. The adaptation is from the novel "Night Cry" written by William L. Stuart and Joseph LaShelle provides the cinematography for the New York City shoot....
CinemaSerf
"Dixon" (Dana Andrews) is an hard-nosed cop who likes to play by his own rules. Needless to say that puts him at odds with his superiors and ultimately leads to his demotion just as his contemporary "Thomas" (Karl Malden) is made lieutenant. Whilst all this disarray is distracting the police, crimin...
