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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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