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The Narrow Margin (1952)

The Narrow Margin poster
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
Genre
film noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 172 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A police detective travels on a train with a mob witness he must protect. They are followed by hitmen who want to kill the witness before she can testify in court.

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What happens

The Narrow Margin is a 1952 American thriller film noir directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor and Jacqueline White. The film follows a police detective (McGraw) who is assigned to protect an important witness (Windsor) on a cross-country train. The film was released by RKO Pictures on May 2, 1952. It was both a critical and commercial success, and was nominated for Best Story at the 25th Academy Awards. A remake, Narrow Margin, was released in 1990. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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