Where The Sidewalk Ends - Otto Preminger

Seen for the first time in October 2012.

This movie begins in an unassuming manner. It’s straight underwhelming and then it gets kind of good. The last ten minutes are great. But otherwise it’s sort of like watching an old tv show on the boring channel for 90 minutes. Dana Andrews plays his role really well throughout. Gene Tierney, on the other hand, doesn’t have anything interesting to do. The main villain has a good moment toward the end, but he otherwise doesn’t have anything interesting to do either. The supporting cast was probably huffing carbon monoxide between takes. At it’s top level best, this uninspired film is still sort of noir-by-the-numbers. I love the ending because I love noir, but this thing almost never has any sort of pulse. Grade C+