Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950)

A cop (Dana Andrews) loathes hoodlums so much that he's demoted for beating up suspects. When he accidentally kills a murder suspect (Craig Stevens), he panics and covers up the crime. But when he becomes involved with the daughter (Gene Tierney) of an innocent man (Tom Tully) arrested for his crime, he must find a way of clearing the man without implicating himself in the killing. Based on the novel NIGHT CRY by William L. Stuart and directed by Otto Preminger (LAURA). Here, director Preminger reunites with his LAURA stars (Andrews, Tierney) and cinematographer (Joseph LaShelle) using a nice screenplay by Ben Hecht (NOTORIOUS). It's the flip side of the elegant LAURA, eschewing the penthouse crowd for a grittier street fare slice of film noir. With Gary Merrill, Karl Malden, Bert Freed, Neville Brand, Robert F. Simon and stealing the movie in her limited screen time, Ruth Donnelly.