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Dana Andrews is brutal metropolitan police detective Dixon, who despises all criminals because his father had been one. When the cops pick up two-bit gambler Ken Paine (Craig Stevens) as a murder suspect, Dixon subjects Paine to the third degree -- and accidentally kills him. In disposing of the body, Dixon inadvertently places the blame for the killing on cab driver Jiggs Taylor (Tom Tully). Having fallen in love with Jigg's daughter, Morgan (Gene Tierney), Dixon tries to clear the cabbie without implicating himself, but ultimately he becomes trapped in a web of his own making; luckily Morgan promises to stand by him. Where the Sidewalk Ends was adapted from a novel by William L. Stuart; its director was Otto Preminger, who'd previously put Andrews and Tierney through their paces in Laura (1944) .
Original Release
07/07/1950
US Release
07/07/1950
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dana Andrews | Det. Mark Dixon / Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon |
Gene Tierney | Morgan Taylor |
Gary Merrill | Tommy Scalise |
Bert Freed | Det. Paul Klein / Det. Sgt. Paul Klein |
Tom Tully | Jiggs Taylor |
Karl Malden | Lt. Thomas / Det. Lt. Thomas |
Ruth Donnelly | Martha |
Craig Stevens | Ken Paine |
Fred Aldrich | Detective at Staff Meeting |
Don Appell | Willie Bender |
Directors
Writers
Ben Hecht, Victor Trivas, Frank P. Rosenberg, Robert E. Kent, William L. Stuart
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dana Andrews | Det. Mark Dixon / Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon |
Gene Tierney | Morgan Taylor |
Gary Merrill | Tommy Scalise |
Bert Freed | Det. Paul Klein / Det. Sgt. Paul Klein |
Tom Tully | Jiggs Taylor |
Karl Malden | Lt. Thomas / Det. Lt. Thomas |
Ruth Donnelly | Martha |
Craig Stevens | Ken Paine |
Fred Aldrich | Detective at Staff Meeting |
Don Appell | Willie Bender |
Tony Barr | Hoodlum |
David Bauer | Sid Kramer |
Eddie Borden | Pool Hall Patron |
Neville Brand | Steve |
Barry Brooks | Thug |
Ralph Brooks | Railroad Baggage Clerk |
Oleg Cassini | Oleg |
John Close | Hanson |
Tom Coleman | Detective at Staff Meeting |
Neil Collins | Paramedic |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Otto Preminger | Producer |
Frank P. Rosenberg | Producer |