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The Narrow Margin( 1952)

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A Fortune If They Seal Her Lips!...A Bullet If They Fail!

Overview

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a tense train ride.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Charles McGraw

      Det. Sgt. Walter Brown

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      Marie Windsor

      Mrs. Frankie Neall

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      Jacqueline White

      Ann Sinclair

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      Gordon Gebert

      Tommy Sinclair

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      Queenie Leonard

      Mrs. Troll

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      David Clarke

      Joseph Kemp

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      Peter Virgo

      Densel

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      Don Beddoe

      Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes

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      Paul Maxey

      Sam Jennings

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      Harry Harvey

      Train Conductor

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      Peter Brocco

      Vincent Yost (uncredited)

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      George Chandler

      Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)

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      Franklyn Farnum

      Train Passenger (uncredited)

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      Don Haggerty

      Det. Wilson (uncredited)

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      Milton Kibbee

      Tenant (uncredited)

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      Walter Merrill

      Officer Allen (uncredited)

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      Harold Miller

      Train Passenger (uncredited)

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      Bess Flowers

      Restaurant Diner (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Thu Nov 07 2019
    The witness protection programme just got hard boiled. After finally waking herself up, a mobsters wife decides to testify against him and his organisation. As the trial draws closer she is constantly under threat of being murdered before she can spill the beans. Tough detective Walter Brown and his partner Gus Forbes are assigned to escort her safely across country via a train from Chicago to Los Angeles, but nobody can be trusted, and the threat of death is around everyone on board this speeding train. Yes it may well be a "B" movie, but as "B" movies go this has to rank as one of the ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    10000000.00

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • hitman
    • widow
    • telegram
    • overweight man
    • police protection
    • blonde
    • little boy
    • film noir
    • murder
    • undercover cop
    • police detective
    • railroad detective
    • gunman
    • brawl
    • followed
    • train trip
    • hard-boiled dame