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Where the Sidewalk Ends

Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)

  • 100% of critics liked it
    (9 reviews)

  • 83% of users liked it
    (1,350 ratings)

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… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Ben Hecht, Robert E. Kent
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
In Theaters
Jan 1, 1950 Limited
On DVD
Dec 6, 2005
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Variety Staff, Variety

    Otto Preminger, director, does an excellent job of pacing the story and of building sympathy for Andrews.

  • Bosley Crowther, New York Times

    Fox may not have plumbed the depths of realism this time, but it still looks interesting, even two-thirds of the way down.

  • , Time Out

    A weatherbeaten Andrews gives one of his finest performances.

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    The last of Otto Preminger's studio pictures at Fox, this 1950 feature has many of the noirish qualities of his Laura and Fallen Angel: Dana Andrews, ambiguity about the characters' dark undertones, and a fluid, fascinating mise en scene.

  • , TV Guide's Movie Guide

    Hecht once again examines the fine line between cop and criminal with memorable results.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Bob S


    Dead solid Preminger / Andrews outing. Seedy side of New York is the setting for this bad-cop noir. Preminger quietly does some very cool things moving the camera and blocking his actors.

  • Randy T


    I know that there is no such thing as the 'perfect film', but I it's hard to imagine how they could have made this one any better. The only thing that comes to mind is fixing Gene Tierney's annoying overbite. Maybe.

  • Bruce B


    A good ole Black and White Police Drama, this one is about a Detective who is been warned about roughing up his suspects, while questioning one the fight and he kills him, so he tries his best to cover it up, which only leads to others being wrongfully blamed. The story then unfolds… More

  • AJ V


    A brilliant story, part of the film noir left over from the 40s, and starring two famous noir actors: Tierney and Andrews. I loved this movie.

  • xGary X


    Another solid noir from Otto Preminger, in which hard-boiled detective Dana Andrews juggles catching a murderous hood, covering up his accidental killing of a suspect and clearing the name of an innocent man who appears guilty of his crime. And he still has time to romance Gene… More

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