Movie
The Narrow Margin
Overview
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Details
- Release date
- 1952-05-03
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Charles McGraw as Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
- Marie Windsor as Mrs. Frankie Neall
- Jacqueline White as Ann Sinclair
- Gordon Gebert as Tommy Sinclair
- Queenie Leonard as Mrs. Troll
- David Clarke as Joseph Kemp
- Peter Virgo as Densel
- Don Beddoe as Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
- Paul Maxey as Sam Jennings
- Harry Harvey as Train Conductor
- Peter Brocco as Vincent Yost (uncredited)
- George Chandler as Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)
Crew
- Richard Fleischer - Director
- Earl Felton - Screenplay
- Martin Goldsmith - Story
- Jack Leonard - Story
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