Where the Sidewalk Ends (film)

Where the Sidewalk Ends
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Otto Preminger
Screenplay by	Ben Hecht
Story by	Victor Trivas Frank P. Rosenberg Robert E. Kent
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
Release date	July 7, 1950 (1950-07-07)
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]