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The Narrow Margin

1952-05-031h 11mThriller / Crime7.3/10TMDB · 180 votes

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

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

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Directed byRichard Fleischer

Original languageEnglish

Original release1952-05-03

ProductionUnited States of America

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Charles McGrawDet. Sgt. Walter Brown

Marie WindsorMrs. Frankie Neall

Jacqueline WhiteAnn Sinclair

Gordon GebertTommy Sinclair

Queenie LeonardMrs. Troll

David ClarkeJoseph Kemp

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Peter VirgoDensel Don BeddoeDet. Sgt. Gus Forbes Paul MaxeySam Jennings Harry HarveyTrain Conductor Peter BroccoVincent Yost (uncredited)George ChandlerAccomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)Franklyn FarnumTrain Passenger (uncredited)Don HaggertyDet. Wilson (uncredited)Milton KibbeeTenant (uncredited)

Walter Merrill

Officer Allen (uncredited)

Harold MillerTrain Passenger (uncredited)

Bess FlowersRestaurant Diner (uncredited)

Ivan BrowningWaiter (uncredited)

James ConatyTenant in Apartment House Hallway (uncredited)

Don DillawayReporter (uncredited)

Clarence HargraveWaiter (uncredited)

Art HowardCommuter at Train Station (uncredited)

Bobby JohnsonRedcap (uncredited)

Mike LallyTaxi Driver (uncredited)

Johnny LeeWaiter (uncredited)

William A. LeeNewsstand Owner (uncredited)

Howard M. MitchellTrain Conductor (uncredited)

Franklin ParkerTelegraph Attendant (uncredited)

George SawayaReporter (uncredited)

Jeffrey SayreTrain Passenger (uncredited)

Ray SpikerTrain Passenger (uncredited)

Jasper WeldonPorter (uncredited)

Napoleon WhitingRedcap (uncredited)

Bob WhitneyCommuter at Train Station (uncredited)

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