Where the Sidewalk Ends (Fox Film Noir)
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Bert Freed, Dana Andrews, Gary Merrill, Gene Tierney, Tom Tully Director: Otto Preminger DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 94 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-12-06 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: 20th Century Fox |
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Movie Reviews of Where the Sidewalk Ends (Fox Film Noir)
Movie Review: A gripping plot presented with a superb DVD transfer! Tremendous film-noir artistry too!
Summary: 5 Stars
This review is for the 2005 Twentieth Century Fox DVD.
The story involves a tough and notoriously abusive police detective named Mark Dixon (Dana Andrews) who gets called in on a murder investigation of a man who has stabbed in a hotel room after winning a huge pot in a crap game, which was run by a well-known mobster, Tommy Scalise (Gary Merrill). Scalise and his low life pals put the finger on Ken Paine (Craig Stevens), so Dixon shows up at Paine's seedy apartment and interrogates him. After some heated discussion Paine punches Dixon and Dixon hits him back and Paine dies as a result. Dixon decides to cover-up his involvement in his death, while staying involved in the investigation. This sets up the rest of the film where Dixon is morally conflicted about his role in the accidental death of a suspect, yet has to deal with the reality that someone else may be arrested and convicted for the murder of Ken Paine.
Of the twelve movies released so far in the Fox Film Noir series, this one is easily the best. The noir artistry is magnificant - especially Dana Andrews, who with his fadora hat and overcoat, plays the quintessential disturbed cop. But in addition to the leading role, it seems like the entire film was shot at night with the New York skyline as a common background with plenty of directional lighting and harsh shadows. But even beyond the look of the film, the story is tension-filled and has a lot of raw energy as a tough cop has to deal with the anguish and guilt of what he perceives others think he has done, even though that isn't really how it happened. But even worse, he has to deal with the reality that a woman he loves will suffer for numerous reasons because of his actions.
The DVD transfer is the best work that Fox has done yet in this classic series. The full screen black & white presentation is flawless from beginning to end with no noticable graininess or lack of sharpness. The sound is also exceptionally good for a film this old. Beside a trailer and some stills, the only notable feature is commentary by noir enthusist Eddie Mueller.
Movie: A
DVD Quality: A+