Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him?Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him?Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better of him?
Fred Aldrich
- Detective at Staff Meeting
- (uncredited)
Don Appell
- Willie Bender
- (uncredited)
David Bauer
- Sid Kramer
- (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
- Pool Hall Patron
- (uncredited)
Neville Brand
- Steve
- (uncredited)
Barry Brooks
- Thug
- (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks
- Railroad Baggage Clerk
- (uncredited)
Oleg Cassini
- Oleg
- (uncredited)
John Close
- Hanson
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the last in a series of films that Otto Preminger made as a director-for-hire for Twentieth Century Fox in the 1940s. The series includes Laura (1944), which also stars Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, Fallen Angel (1945) and Whirlpool (1950).
- GoofsIn the opening sequence, the police dispatcher is heard on the car radio. The words spoken by the dispatcher, announcing two incidents, are lifted directly from the 1949 Procedures Manual of the New York City Police Department, where they are given as examples of the correct radio method. Only the time of day was changed to agree with the scene, but the addresses, incidents, car numbers, and dispatcher number are verbatim from the manual.
- Quotes
[to Detective Dixon]
Insp. Nicholas Foley: Your job is to detect criminals, not to punish them.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits start as chalk writing on a sidewalk with someone walking over them and whistling.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Gene Tierney: Final Curtain for a Noir Icon (2008)
Featured review
Gritty Noir excellence from Preminger
An excellent opening title sequence starts this gritty Noir off in perfect step with what will follow. The son of a thief who was killed while attempting to shoot himself out of jail, Mark Dixon became a cop in an attempt to atone for the sins of the father, but cannot quite escape the fathers blood surging through his veins every time he strikes out at a hood, and it's his excessive use of force that gets him demoted with the threat of losing his job as detective, the only thing he ever wanted out of life. When he accidentally kills a witness to a murder, panic takes hold of him and he proceeds to cover up the evidence, but fate has a way of meting out cruel justice. Mark will fall in love for his victim's ex, and then her innocent uncle through another freak accident ends up taking the rap for the murder when the body turns up. And now the real moment of truth - atone for his own sins and free an innocent man, but probably lose the girl, or say nothing, keep the girl, but end up being just like his father? A brilliantly executed noir by Preminger and Dana Andrews nails one of the best performances of his career as the tormented detective.
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- Budget
- $1,475,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) officially released in India in English?
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