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| Directed by | Otto Preminger |
| Screenplay by | Ben Hecht |
| Story by | |
| Based on | Night Cry 1948 novel by William L. Stuart |
| Produced by | Otto Preminger |
| Starring | Dana Andrews Gene Tierney |
| Cinematography | Joseph LaShelle |
| Edited by | Louis Loeffler |
| Music by | Cyril Mockridge |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,475,000 |
| Box office | $1 million[1] |
Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 American film noir directed and produced by Otto Preminger.[2][3] The screenplay for the film was written by Ben Hecht, and adapted by Robert E. Kent, Frank P. Rosenberg, and Victor Trivas. The screenplay and adaptations were based on the novel Night Cry by William L. Stuart. The film stars Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney.
Andrews plays Mark Dixon, a ruthless and cynical metropolitan police detective who despises all criminals because his father was one, and finds himself trying to cover up his own accidental killing of a suspect in a murder case. Considered a classic of the genre, the film displays a brand of violence "lurking below urban society" considered an important noir motif.[4]
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 223
- ^ Variety film review; June 28, 1950, page 6.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; July 1, 1950, page 102.
- ^ Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward, eds. Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, film noir analysis by Carl Mecek, page 310, 3rd edition, 1992. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5.