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Where the Sidewalk Ends
Dana andrews: noir's haunted conscience.
- imogensara_smith
- Jul 12, 2006
Amazingly well made
- Feb 9, 2006
One of the best detective films of the Fifties!
- Nazi_Fighter_David
- Sep 5, 2001
Where One Ends, Another Begins
- Jun 13, 2009
Expertly done film noir classic!
- Mar 6, 2006
"I Couldn't Shake Loose From What I Was"
- Dec 30, 1999
Fairly taut criminal exploits...
- moonspinner55
- Jul 28, 2009
Preminger's grittier Big Apple tale fully the equal of his vaunted Laura
- Dec 6, 2003
It's no "Laura" but it's good, gritty film noir...
- Sep 22, 2006
His brutal ways
- Sep 16, 2013
A rather grey noir
- Jun 30, 2005
First rate film noir; make that a superb movie.
- Jun 5, 2001
The flip-side of LAURA?
- JasparLamarCrabb
- Jun 6, 2007
Rock & Glass
- Jan 16, 2001
Did this great noir with a meaningless title inspire Dirty Harry?
- Jun 16, 2017
Even better than "Laura"
- Jan 19, 2001
A Different Film Noir with Moralist Conclusion
- claudio_carvalho
- Oct 19, 2014
Noir Exemplar
- May 24, 2006
One of the very greatest films noirs.(possible spoiler)
- alice liddell
- Feb 23, 2000
- Oct 30, 2007
Very good film noir
- Feb 9, 2012
A solid noir, thanks to Otto Preminger's direction and Joseph LaShelle's cinematography
- Mar 2, 2008
Your job is to detect criminals, not to punish them.
- hitchcockthelegend
- May 4, 2010
- May 4, 2012
Doesn't Ring True.
- Handlinghandel
- Jun 27, 2005
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Where the Sidewalk Ends Reviews
[Dana Andrews'] chiseled face made him convincing as both a working class cop and a master of industry and paired nicely with [Gene] Tierney’s sculptured features: scar tissue and smooth glamour brought together by violence.
Full Review | May 4, 2024
Preminger's slick noir gem presents a damning indictment of the criminal justice system's perpetual rot and the kinds of cops who take the law into their own hands.
Full Review | Nov 30, 2021
A formidable and gritty performance from a gruff Dana Andrews highlights the pensive and anxious Where the Sidewalk Ends.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 8, 2020
The whole thing builds to a logical'conclusion. with suspense along the way.
Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 2, 2020
Full of mystery and darkness, the film costumes every player with low-brimmed fedoras and long, flowing trench coats.
Full Review | Original Score: 8/10 | Aug 23, 2020
Where the Sidewalk Ends offers what most audiences expect from a classic noir - cops, corruption, moody lighting, and a jazz-inflected soundtrack.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 17, 2017
A beautiful system of obsessions and ambiguities
Full Review | Nov 21, 2015
Strongly paced and gorgeously shot, the film showcases Hecht's writing at its best and is a perfect fit for Preminger.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 16, 2015
Hecht once again examines the fine line between cop and criminal with memorable results.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 23, 2007
Otto Preminger, director, does an excellent job of pacing the story and of building sympathy for Andrews.
Full Review | Oct 23, 2007
...features several effective (and unexpected) plot twists.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 18, 2007
Fox may not have plumbed the depths of realism this time, but it still looks interesting, even two-thirds of the way down.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 25, 2006
A weatherbeaten Andrews gives one of his finest performances.
Full Review | Jan 26, 2006
An efficient, bleak noir with an Oedipal twist.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 21, 2005
The last of Otto Preminger's studio pictures at Fox, this 1950 feature has many of the noirish qualities of his Laura and Fallen Angel: Dana Andrews, ambiguity about the characters' dark undertones, and a fluid, fascinating mise en scene.
Full Review | Mar 26, 2005
A cool and atmospheric gangster film. It may not be particularly memorable, but it is fun to watch.
A fascinating brutish and dark film noir that is set in the corrupt milieu of the underworld.
Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Mar 21, 2005