Side Street

Side Street (1949)

Genres - Drama, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Crime Thriller, Film Noir  |   Release Date - Mar 23, 1950 (USA - Unknown), Mar 23, 1950 (USA - Limited)  |   Run Time - 83 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson

Farley Granger plays a casually larcenous New York City mailman who steals a shipment of money. Granger's excitement over this windfall turns to terror when he discovers that the money was part of a transaction between gangsters. Harassed by both crooks and cops, Granger lives to regret his impulsive theft--especially when it is tied in with a murder. The story is wrapped up in spectacular fashion with a climactic car chase. Farley Granger's costar in Side Street is Cathy O'Donnell; both were on loan to MGM from Samuel Goldwyn, and both were banking on their previous successful teaming in RKO's They Live By Night.

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blackmail, chase, city, clerk, desperation, employment, escape, false-accusation, friendship, gangster, guilt, hidden, hideout, home, killing, leader, loot, mail, motel, nightclub, on-the-run, payment, payoff, police, postman, problems, refugee, return, robbery, shoot-out, society, street, town, wound [injury]