The Narrow Margin
A Fortune If They Seal Her Lips!...A Bullet If They Fail!
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5/3/1952Runtime
71 minsOverview
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
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ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$10,000,000Revenue
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A claustrophobic cat-and-mouse thriller where danger closes in from all sides aboard a moving train. Tight pacing and constant threat make for a nail-biting seventy-one minutes of noir suspense.
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Charles McGraw
Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
Marie Windsor
Mrs. Frankie Neall
Jacqueline White
Ann Sinclair
Gordon Gebert
Tommy Sinclair
Queenie Leonard
Mrs. Troll
David Clarke
Joseph Kemp
Peter Virgo
Densel
Don Beddoe
Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
Paul Maxey
Sam Jennings
Harry Harvey
Train Conductor
Peter Brocco
Vincent Yost (uncredited)
George Chandler
Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)
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