The Narrow Margin (1952)
- 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
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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