Happy Birthday, Bert Freed!!! Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) - Bert Freed as Det. Paul Klein #OnThisDay 1919 Bert Freed, American character actor (Shane, Invaders From Mars), born in NYC, New York (d. 1994) Where the Sidewalk Ends is a 1950 American film noir directed and produced by Otto Preminger. The screenplay for the film was written by Ben Hecht, and adapted by Robert E. Kent, Frank P. Rosenberg, and Victor Trivas. The screenplay and adaptations were based on the novel Night Cry by William