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Where the Sidewalk Ends

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Where the Sidewalk Ends	label	Where the Sidewalk Ends
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Where the Sidewalk Ends	comment	Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 Film Noir, directed by Otto Preminger and starring Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney. The screenplay by Ben Hecht was adapted from the 1948 novel Night Cry by William L. Stuart.Mark Dixon (Andrews) is a violent NYPD cop haunted by his father's criminal past. When he accidentally kills Ken Paine (Craig Stevens) while investigating a murder, he hides his crime and tries to pin it on a kingpin criminal, Tommy Scalise (Gary Merril). Dixon is unable to prove the Scalise connection, however, and more problems arise when his superior, Lt. Thomas (Karl Malden), is convinced that Paine’s father-in-law, Jiggs Taylor (Tom Tully), committed the murder. Incapable of confessing to the crime, Dixon tries to set things straight by helping Jiggs's daughter, Morgan (Tierney), find legal help.Not to be confused with the children's poetry book of the same name by by Shel Silverstein.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_1994ba0b	type	Gone Horribly Right
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_1994ba0b	comment	Gone Horribly Right: Mark's attempts to deflect the suspicion from him works well. What goes horribly wrong is that Morgan’s father gets framed instead.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_19fe3478	type	Daddy's Girl
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_19fe3478	comment	Daddy's Girl: Morgan is very close to her father and moves in with him after she separates from Ken.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_1fb4d915	type	The Stool Pigeon
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_1fb4d915	comment	The Stool Pigeon: A member of the Scalise gang gives away their hideout, saving Mark.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_2310dacb	type	Dead Man Writing
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_2310dacb	comment	Dead Man Writing: Mark confesses to his crime, thinking that he'll get killed by Scalise in the process.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_25524784	type	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_25524784	comment	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: When Mark goes to get a confession out Scalise, it only gives the mobsters a chance to beat the crap out of him.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_266b283	type	Crime After Crime
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_266b283	comment	Crime After Crime: Mark's attempted coverup just gets worse and worse, with more crimes piling up after another.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_2bdb6280	type	The Big Rotten Apple
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_2bdb6280	comment	The Big Rotten Apple: New York is NOT cast in a friendly light here.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_3f319f89	type	WronglyAccused
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_3f319f89	comment	Wrongly Accused: Morgan's father becomes suspect number one when the police hear about his motive (being angry about Ken hitting Morgan) and being at the scene of the crime.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Morgan’s father is finally released but Mark confesses to the murder and will probably go to jail.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_47bf7e16	type	Local Hangout
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_47bf7e16	comment	Local Hangout: Martha’s Café for Mark. Here he trades sarcastic insults with the waitress/owner, Martha (played by the wonderful Ruth Donnelly), something they both love to do.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_590eb583	type	Domestic Abuse
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_590eb583	comment	Domestic Abuse: Morgan leaves Ken because of his beatings. This fact also convinces Lt. Thomas that her father had serious motive to kill Ken.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_59907e4f	type	Police Are Useless
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_59907e4f	comment	Police Are Useless: They're ready to pin a murder on an innocent man with only circumstantial evidence.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_5c81a18b	type	I Am Not My Father
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_5c81a18b	comment	I Am Not My Father: The biggest motivation for Mark becoming a cop was to be nothing like his crook father.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_6af8ebb5	type	Death by Falling Over
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_6af8ebb5	comment	Death by Falling Over: Dixon goes to Paine's apartment and questions him, but Paine becomes angry and starts a fight. Defending himself, Dixon does not know that a war injury has left Paine with a metal plate in his skull. When Paine falls, he hits his head and dies.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_6d7cd3e	type	Dead Person Impersonation
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_6d7cd3e	comment	Dead Person Impersonation: Mark pretends to be Ken to cover up the murder. He dresses up like him, goes to a train station as him, and comes back to dump the body.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_73328e84	type	Suicide by Cop
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_73328e84	comment	Suicide by Cop: Inverted. Detective Mark Dixon goes to confront mobster Tommy Scalise, fully expecting to be murdered but reasoning that at least this time Scalise will be held responsible. Scalise has anticipated this, too, and has realized what happened to Paine. He refuses to kill Dixon, who is shot in his arm instead.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_744e3311	type	Police Brutality
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_744e3311	comment	Police Brutality: This the moving force of the plot. Dixon has gotten many warnings about his violent behaviour towards suspects, so much so that he will be demoted if it happens again. His altercation with Ken Paine, and his subsequent death, makes him turn into a full out criminal.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_75e2bf23	type	Chiaroscuro
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_75e2bf23	comment	Chiaroscuro: The lighting in this film is a perfect example of the beauty of film noir lighting. Joseph LaShelle did the cinematography.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_7870735b	type	From Bad to Worse
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_7870735b	comment	From Bad to Worse: The murder cover-up gets worse and worse as Lt. Thomas pins the murder on Jiggs.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_7f9b12a6	type	Chairman of the Brawl
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_7f9b12a6	comment	Chairman of the Brawl: After Mark receives his No-Holds-Barred Beatdown from Scalise's goons, Scalise is ready to beat him to death with a stool, and is only stopped when one of his men convinces him that killing a cop will bring down too much heat on them.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_86e12b9a	type	City Noir
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_86e12b9a	comment	City Noir: The film takes place in NYC.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Ken. He’s a wife-beater who took Morgan to an illegal gambling room just to lure a man for his money.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_970c790a	type	Big Bad
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_970c790a	comment	Big Bad: Scalise and his group of mobsters.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_a2359d9	type	Death Is the Only Option
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_a2359d9	comment	Death Is the Only Option: Mark knows that if he goes to meet up with Scalise it's his demise. He uses this to secure Jiggs's innocence.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Mark's reaction when Ken doesn't get up from a slug to the chest.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Martha to Mark whenever he's in her café.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_aed65980	type	All for Nothing
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_aed65980	comment	All for Nothing: Mark’s confession letter wasn’t necessary: it was never opened.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_afc6df04	type	What You Are in the Dark
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_afc6df04	comment	What You Are in the Dark: Dixon has the chance to walk away from the whole ordeal and pin Paine's death on Scalise after they are arrested, but he instead chooses to confess, proving that he is indeed different from his father.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_b034d333	type	Film Noir
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_b034d333	comment	Film Noir: From the classic era.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_b04fdcc4	type	Loners Are Freaks
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_b04fdcc4	comment	Loners Are Freaks: Mark is unhappy and considered strange for his ruthlessness by his superiors and even by Scalise.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_b97c2cfb	type	Maybe Ever After
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_b97c2cfb	comment	Maybe Ever After: Morgan reads Mark's confession letter but still makes it clear that she still wants to be with him.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_beb9a361	type	Anti-Hero
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_beb9a361	comment	Anti-Hero: Mark Dixon, the brutal cop.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: Mark's whole hatred of the “wrong” side of the law stems from his father's criminal past. He also hates Scalise because he was chummy with his father.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_d6519b1b	type	Rabid Cop
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_d6519b1b	comment	Rabid Cop: Mark is really brutal.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_d842e380	type	Love Redeems
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_d842e380	comment	Love Redeems: Mark's relationship with Morgan affects his life and helps him make the right decision when he has the choice to hide his crime or fess up.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_db71d717	type	Thanatos Gambit
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_db71d717	comment	Thanatos Gambit: Mark Dixon plans one that does not come off. After a fruitless confrontation with Scalise, Dixon writes a letter, addressing the envelope to Inspector Foley and marking it "to be opened in the event of my death." He then arranges to meet with Scalise again, fully expecting to be murdered but reasoning that at least this time Scalise will be held responsible. Scalise has anticipated this, too, and has realized what happened to Paine. He refuses to kill Dixon, who is shot in his arm instead. Then one of Scalise's men arrives with the news that the police have gotten the truth about Morrison out of another gang member.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_f42f96fa	type	Would Hit a Girl
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_f42f96fa	comment	Would Hit a Girl: We're introduced to Ken by him smacking Morgan across the face.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_f76f8ac9	type	BruiserWithASoftCentre
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_f76f8ac9	comment	Bruiser With A Soft Centre: Mark softens around Morgan.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_f8c08650	type	Motive = Conclusive Evidence
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_f8c08650	comment	Motive = Conclusive Evidence: Once the police realize Jiggs had a motive to kill Ken, they're more than happy to pin the murder on him, despite evidence backing this claim being circumstantial at best.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_fd497706	type	Accidental Murder
Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_fd497706	comment	Accidental Murder: Dixon goes to Paine's apartment and questions him, but Paine becomes angry and starts a fight. Defending himself, Dixon does not know that a war injury has left Paine with a metal plate in his skull. When Paine falls, he hits his head and dies.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends / int_fed93e1b	comment	Dark and Troubled Past: Mark is the son of a criminal.
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