The Narrow Margin
“A Fortune If They Seal Her Lips!...A Bullet If They Fail!”
1952•NR•1h 11m•7.3•Released
ThrillerCrime
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Director
Richard Fleischer
Writer
Earl Felton
Budget
$10M
Languages
English
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Cast
Charles McGraw
Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
Marie Windsor
Mrs. Frankie Neall
Jacqueline White
Ann Sinclair
Gordon Gebert
Tommy Sinclair
Queenie Leonard
Mrs. Troll
David Clarke
Joseph Kemp
Peter Virgo
Densel
Don Beddoe
Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
Paul Maxey
Sam Jennings
Harry Harvey
Train Conductor
Peter Brocco
Vincent Yost (uncredited)
George Chandler
Accomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Don Haggerty
Det. Wilson (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Tenant (uncredited)
Production
Company
RKO Radio Pictures
Producer
Stanley Rubin
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