Where The Sidewalk Ends Synopsis & Summary

Synopsis

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). - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Movie Info

Starring:
Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Karl Malden, Bert Freed, Tom Tullysee more cast »
Theatrical Release Date:
02/20/1991
DVD Release Date:
12/06/2005
Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Run Time:
95 min.
Production Co.:
20th Century Fox
Director(s):
Otto Preminger
Genre(s):
Foreign
Themes:
One Against the Mob, Miscarriage of Justice, Crisis of Conscience, Police Corruption
Tone:
Moody, Reflective, Tense, Bleak, Gloomy
Keywords:
brutality, cab-driver, city, confession [criminal], conflict, control, courage, criminal, danger, detective, dishonesty, evidence, fake, false-accusation, father, gangster, guilt, hope, husband, impulsiveness, innocence, investigation, investigator, killing, lawyer, love, man, meeting, murder, police, prison, reputation, robbery, search, secrets, son, suspect, victim, widow/widower
Setting:
city
Status:
DVD

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