Side Street

Side Street

6.5IMDb Score
Released:1950-03-23
Duration:83 min
Director:Anthony Mann
Actors:Farley Granger, Cathy O'Donnell, James Craig, Paul Kelly, Jean Hagen
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000. When he decides to return the money, things go wrong - and that is only the beginning of his troubles.

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