Movie
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Overview
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
Details
- Release date
- 1950-07-07
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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)
- Chuck Hamilton as Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)
- Ian MacDonald as Detective Casey (uncredited)
Crew
- Otto Preminger - Director
- Ben Hecht - Screenplay
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