The Narrow Margin
19521h 11m · PG · Drama · Crime
The tracks run direct from Chicago to L.A. Directed by Richard Fleischer and scripted by his frequent collaborator Earl Felton, zigzags with surprise turns. Film noir favorite Charles McGraw plays a cop guarding a gangster's moll (fellow genre icon Marie Windsor) as she travels west to testify before a grand jury. Also riding the Pullmans: determined hitmen who know the moll is on the train, but don't know what she looks like.
Directed by Richard Fleischer · Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert
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Cast & Crew
Richard Fleischer
Director
Charles McGraw
Detective Sgt. Walter Brown
Marie Windsor
Mrs. Frankie Neal
Jacqueline White
Ann Sinclair
Gordon Gebert
Tommy Sinclair
Queenie Leonard
Mrs. Troll
David Clarke
Joseph Kemp
Peter Virgo
Densel
Don Beddoe
Detective Sgt. Gus Forbes
Paul Maxey
Sam Jennings
Harry Sr. Harvey
Train Conductor
Stanley Rubin
Producer
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