Directed by:
Otto PremingerCinematography:
Joseph LaShelleComposer:
Cyril J. MockridgeCast:
Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Tom Tully, Karl Malden, Ruth Donnelly, David Wolfe, Neville Brand, Gary Merrill, Craig Stevens, Bert Freed, Bert Stevens (more)Plots(1)
Otto Preminger's follow-up to his massively successful LAURA, WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS is a film noir set in postwar New York, where corruption and violence run rampant. Based on a novel by William L. Stuart, the atmospheric film stars Dana Andrews as Sergeant Mark Dixon, a detective whose brutal tactics have landed him in hot water with his superiors. When he accidentally kills a murder suspect, he tries to divert suspicion from himself and blame the death on his nemesis, crime boss Tommy Scalese (Gary Merrill), whom Dixon is obsessed with taking down. He is close to achieving his goal when he becomes involved with the dead man's wife, the beautiful Morgan Taylor (Gene Tierney), which suddenly changes everything. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dana Andrews
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Gene Tierney
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Tom Tully
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Karl Malden
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Ruth Donnelly
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David Wolfe
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Neville Brand
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Gary Merrill
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Craig Stevens
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Bert Freed
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Bert Stevens
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Harry 'Snub' Pollard
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Robert B. Williams
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Robert F. Simon
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Chuck Hamilton
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Clarence Straight
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Robert Patten
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David McMahon
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Ralph Brooks
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Stephen Roberts
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