Where The Side Walk Ends Movie Review Assignment - 550 Words

Where The Side Walk Ends Movie Review Assignment (Movie Review Sample) Content: -247650247650Where the Side Walk Ends Movie ReviewWhere the Side Walk Ends is an American film noir that was released in 1950. The film was directed by Otto Preminger and starred Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Tom Tully, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed, Tom Tully, Karl Malden, Ruth Donnelly, Craig Stevens, Robert Simon, Harry von Zell, and Grace Mills.The plot of the film revolves around Mark Dixon (Dana Andrews), a ruthless police detective who due to his strict and controlling behavior had been demoted by his superiors. Mark Dixon despised all the criminals because his father was one of them and he did not want to carry on his fathers infamous legacy. On one incident when they were investigating a homicide at an illegal craps game run by Tommy Scalise (Gary Merrill), Dixon accidentally killed Ken Paine (Craig Stevens) as a murder suspect and a gambler as he was trying to explain to him that his job was to detect criminal and not punishing them.Fearful of his unintended behavi ors consequences, he strategizes a scheme to cover up his crime, and it involved dumping Paines body in the river. Initially, Mark Dixon tried to blame Tommy Scalise (Gary Merrill) because he was his long-term gangster enemy and when he failed, he blamed Jiggs Taylor (Tom Tully), who was the father of the dead mans widow, Morgan (Gene Tierney). However, Mark Dixon had fallen in love with Morgan (Gene Tierney), and although he tried to clear Jiggs Taylor (Tom Tully) name, he failed because Thomas (Karl Malden), who was then a new detective, was convinced that Jiggs was the killer.Regardless, Dixon always felt trapped in a web that he had created on his own, and to ease the distress; he continued to look for ways that would ensure that Morgan (Gene Tierney)s father was not found guilty. Later, he was able to move evidence from Morgans father and blamed it on Tommy Scalise (Gary Merrill) during a shootout that left him wounde...