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Sidewalk Ends Where The A hard-hitting, suspenseful drama about a young, fearless New York detective who believes in using his fists first and asking questions sec- ond, where hoodlums are concerned, “Where The Sidewalk Ends” tells an "inside story” of what went on inside a house with "two green eyes”. It is based on a novel by William L. Stuart, with Victor Trivas, Frank P. Rosenberg and Ro- bert E. Kent collaborating on the adaptation, while Ben Ilecht wrote the screenplay that Otto Preminger produced and directed with Frank P. Rosenberg as associate producer. "Where The Sidewalk Ends” strikes a new note in realistic drama—the revealing story of a phase of big-city life that concerns every Amer- ican. Most of the picture was filmed in and around New York, with the co-operation of the New York Police Department Dana Andrews and Gene Tierney are co-star- red. Andrews plays Mark Dixon, a detective feared and intensely hated by the underworld, but the very thing that has made him feared is what stands in his way of advancement In fact, when a promotion opens up, instead of getting It, his superior warns him that unless he starts using his brains instead of his fists, he may be demoted to traffic duty. Mark gives his word that he will change his wafts. Later, he and other detectives are sum- moned to the headquarters of Mark’s most hated hoodlum, Scalise, gambler and underworld tycoon. There the police find that a Texas playboy has been apparently murdered. From Scalise, the authorities hear that the victim had been lured to a crap game by a chap named Payne, who was accompanied by his beau- tiful model. The gambler adds that during the game the playboy tried to make love to the girl and that Payne killed him as the result. Mark is ordered to locate and apprehend Payne. He finds the suspect who takes a poke at him when he learns his visitor is a detective. In defense, Mark lands a smashing and fatal blow. The detective, realizing that his reputation is against him and that this time his blows have brought death to a suspect entrusted to his care, is plain scared. He loses his head and plots to cover his crime by hiding the body and building up an alibi for himself. Gene Tierney, wearing clothes designed by her husband-designer, Oleg Cassini, who plays himself in "Where The Sidewalk Ends", is the model. Gary Merrill of "12 O’clock High” fame is Scalise.