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Director:
Anthony Mann
Writer:
Sydney Boehm (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
23 March 1950 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama more
Tagline:
Where temptation lurks! more
Plot:
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals money from the office of a shady lawyer - with catastrophic consequences. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
Stylish film noir more (16 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
Farley Granger ... Joe Norson
Cathy O'Donnell ... Ellen Norson
James Craig ... George Garsell / Mr. Howard
Paul Kelly ... Capt. Walter Anderson
Jean Hagen ... Harriette Sinton (singer at Les Artises)
Paul Harvey ... Emil Lorrison
Edmon Ryan ... Victor Backett
Charles McGraw ... Det. Stan Simon
Edwin Max ... Nick Drumman / Stevenson (as Ed Max)
Adele Jergens ... Lucille 'Lucky' Colner
Harry Bellaver ... Larry Giff (cabdriver)
Whit Bissell ... Harold Simpson (chief teller)
John Gallaudet ... Gus Heldon (bar owner)
Esther Somers ... Mrs. Malby (Ellen's mother)
Harry Antrim ... Mr. Malby (Ellen's father)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gail Bonney ... Woman (uncredited) (voice)
Margaret Brayton ... Woman clerk (uncredited)
John Butler ... Elevator man (uncredited)
Frank Conlan ... Night elevator operator (uncredited)
Ben Cooper ... Young man at cleaners (uncredited)
Marie Crisis ... Headwaitress (uncredited)
George David ... Syrian proprietor (uncredited)
Peter DeBear ... Tommy Drumman Jr. (Nick's nephew) (uncredited)
Anthony Dexter ... Radio clerk (uncredited)
Jack Diamond ... Bum (uncredited)
King Donovan ... Det. Gottschalk (uncredited)
Helen Eby-Rock ... Mother (uncredited)
Kathryn Givney ... Nurse Carter (uncredited)
Edmund Glover ... Fingerprint expert (uncredited)
Eula Guy ... Policewoman Florence (uncredited)
Don Haggerty ... Rivers (uncredited)
William Hansen ... Dr. Harry Sternberg (uncredited)
Bee Humphries ... Mrs. Farnol (uncredited)
Brett King ... Pigeon man (uncredited)
Nolan Leary ... Doorman at Mr. Lorrison's apartment (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt ... Bartender (uncredited)
Margie Liszt ... Woman (voice) (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe ... Mrs. Rivers (uncredited)
George Lynn ... Frank (police lab technician) (uncredited)
Robert Malcolm ... Charlie (reporter) (uncredited)
Paul Marion ... Dave (reporter) (uncredited)
John Maxwell ... Police monitor (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy ... Bank guard (uncredited)
Tom McElhaney ... News vendor (uncredited)
W.P. McWatters ... Tommy Drummon Jr. (uncredited)
Lynn Millan ... Les Artises hatcheck girl (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery ... Milkman (uncredited)
Alberto Morin ... Ismot Kimal (uncredited)
James O'Neill ... Priest (uncredited)
Ollie O'Toole ... Voice (uncredited) (voice)
John Phillips ... Detective (uncredited)
Angi O. Poulis ... Ahmed (uncredited)
Ralph Riggs ... Proprietor at cleaners (uncredited)
William Ruhl ... Manny (reporter) (uncredited)
Sarah Selby ... Second Nurse (uncredited)
Ransom M. Sherman ... Super at Lucky's apartment building (uncredited)
Dan Terranova ... Patrolman (uncredited)

Peter M. Thompson ... Mickey (policeman) (uncredited)
Sid Tomack ... Louie, Waiter at Les Artises (uncredited)
George Tyne ... Det. Roffman (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal ... Garsell's landlady (uncredited)
Joe Verdi ... Vendor (uncredited)
Herb Vigran ... Photographer (uncredited)
Mildred Wall ... Mrs. Glickburn (uncredited)
Ruth Warren ... Lucky's housekeeper (uncredited)
James Westerfield ... Charlie (Cop Joe chats with) (uncredited)
David Wolfe ... Smitty (uncredited)
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Directed by
Anthony Mann 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Sydney Boehm  writer

Produced by
Sam Zimbalist .... producer
 
Original Music by
Lennie Hayton 
 
Cinematography by
Joseph Ruttenberg 
 
Film Editing by
Conrad A. Nervig 
 
Art Direction by
Daniel B. Cathcart 
Cedric Gibbons 
 
Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis 
 
Makeup Department
Jack Dawn .... makeup artist
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Charles J. Hunt .... unit manager (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Charles DeCrof .... associate set decorator
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording supervisor
Charles E. Wallace .... sound (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie .... special effects
 
Stunts
Carey Loftin .... stunts (uncredited)
Frank McGrath .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Sam Manatt .... still photographer (uncredited)
Leo Monlon .... grip (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Don McDougall .... script supervisor (uncredited)
Annick Rougerie .... (press attache France 2005 re-release ) (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Turkish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
France:U | USA:Approved (certificate #13954) | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
32nd Street and First Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA more
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The drugstore that Joe Norson calls from is the set of another MGM Film Noir, _Tension (1950)_, which was shooting at approximately the same time. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Capt. Walter Anderson: New York City: an architectural jungle where fabulous wealth and the deepest squalor live side by side. New York is the busiest, the loneliest, the kindest, and the cruelest of cities - a murder a day, every day of the year and each murder will wind up on my deak.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Side Street: Where Temptation Lurks (2007) (V) more
Soundtrack:
EASY TO LOVE more

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13 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Stylish film noir, 19 March 1999
7/10
Author: Robert Ward from Leeds, England

"Side Street" is a stylish, if convoluted murder mystery about a failed small-time business man (Joe Norson) who is tempted into committing a robbery. Unfortunately the money he takes belongs to a couple of ruthless blackmailers, who aren't impressed when Joe offers to return it - mainly because the "friend" he left it with for safe-keeping helped himself to it. From then on, everything Joe tries gets him deeper into trouble.

Over-long and over-complicated, but competently made and in best film noir style makes good use of light and shade. Conveys well the general seediness and desperation of small-timers trying to make the big time in New York.

Very watchable, not least for Jean Hagen as the vamp who sets the guys up.

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