In William Wellman's Cold War spy film THE IRON CURTAIN (1948), Andrews and his wife (played by Gene Tierney) attempt to escape to the West with classified documents.

Memorable Quotations:

• "When a dame gets killed, she doesn't worry about how she looks." --as Mark McPherson in LAURA.
• "I must say, for a charming, intelligent girl, you certainly surround yourself with a remarkable collection of dopes." --as Mark McPherson in LAURA.
• "It's not majority rule.  It's one for all and all for one." --as Captain Harvey Ross in THE PURPLE HEART (1944).

A still with Gary Merrill and a poster from the film-noir classic WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS (1950), the fourth of five films Andrews made for director Otto Preminger and his fifth with Gene Tierney. Andrews plays a New York City detective who, in the course of a murder investigation, actually kills someone himself and then attempts to cover it up.

Further Reading:

• Bad boys: the actors of film noir by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry (Jefferson, N.C.: Farland, 2003).

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