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Where the Sidewalk Ends

1950 · 95 min · Director: Otto Preminger ★ IMDb 7.5 · 11,330 ratings

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A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

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Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anxiety 30%, Anger 25%, Guilt 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Anger
20%Guilt
  1. Anger25%
  2. Guilt20%

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The strongest emotional signals are Anxiety, Anger, Guilt. Genres: Thriller, Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anxiety, Anger and Guilt. Its IMDb rating of 7.5/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sympathy
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 13 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSympathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension33 %32 %7 %3 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension38 %37 %11 %5 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Tension52 %51 %21 %13 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Tension61 %60 %24 %18 %
22.5 %≈ 21′Tension57 %56 %18 %12 %
27.5 %≈ 26′Tension49 %47 %17 %8 %
32.5 %≈ 31′Sympathy42 %39 %27 %12 %
37.5 %≈ 36′Sympathy40 %29 %31 %13 %
42.5 %≈ 40′Hope44 %28 %28 %11 %
47.5 %≈ 45′Tension52 %44 %30 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 50′Tension61 %59 %41 %21 %
57.5 %≈ 55′Tension69 %66 %48 %27 %
62.5 %≈ 59′Tension70 %62 %48 %28 %
67.5 %≈ 64′Sympathy62 %47 %49 %30 %
72.5 %≈ 69′Sympathy62 %47 %54 %38 %
77.5 %≈ 74′Sympathy69 %59 %55 %41 %
82.5 %≈ 78′Tension74 %67 %53 %42 %
87.5 %≈ 83′Sympathy79 %74 %58 %43 %
92.5 %≈ 88′Tension83 %73 %63 %40 %
97.5 %≈ 93′Relief80 %61 %63 %39 %
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Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

BF
Bert Freed

BF
Bert Freed

Det. Sgt. Paul Klein

RD
Ruth Donnelly

RD
Ruth Donnelly

Martha

CS
Craig Stevens

FA
Fred Aldrich

FA
Fred Aldrich

Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)

TC
Tom Coleman

TC
Tom Coleman

Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)

CH
Chuck Hamilton

Detective at Staff Meeting (uncredited)

IM
Ian MacDonald

Detective Casey (uncredited)

JM
John McGuire

Detective Gertessen (uncredited)

CS
Clarence Straight

Detective (uncredited)

RB
Robert B. Williams

Detective (uncredited)

PT
Phil Tully

Det. Ted Benson, 16th Precinct (uncredited)

DA
Don Appell

Willie Bender (uncredited)

TB
Tony Barr

Hoodlum (uncredited)

JD
John Daheim

Scalise Hoodlum (uncredited)

Neville Brand

Steve, Scalise Hood (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Otto Preminger
Written by
Ben Hecht, William L. Stuart, Ben Hecht
Type
Movies
Released
1950
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.5 · 11,330 ratings
Feels mostly
Anxiety
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