The Narrow Margin
“A Fortune If They Seal Her Lips!...A Bullet If They Fail!”
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
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Cast
36 people
Charles McGraw
Det. Sgt. Walter Brown
Known for
The Birds
Hang 'em High
Marie Windsor
Mrs. Frankie Neall
Known for
Salem's Lot
The Killing
Jacqueline White
Ann Sinclair
Known for
Crossfire
Gordon Gebert
Tommy Sinclair
Known for
The House on Telegraph Hill
The Flame and the Arrow
Queenie Leonard
Mrs. Troll
Known for
Alice in Wonderland
One Hundred and One Dalmatians
William Dorfman
assistant director (uncredited)
David Clarke
Joseph Kemp
Known for
The Set-Up
Cutting Class
Peter Virgo
Densel
Also in
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Shakedown
Don Beddoe
Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes
Known for
The Night of the Hunter
The Best Years of Our Lives
Paul Maxey
Sam Jennings
Also in
The People's Choice
Bride of the Gorilla
Harry Harvey
Train Conductor
Known for
Ace in the Hole
They Live by Night
Peter Brocco
Vincent Yost (uncredited)
Known for
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Spartacus
Richard Fleischer Director · Earl Felton Screenplay Martin Goldsmith Story
Budget $10M · United States release May 3, 1952 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$10,000,000
Production
RKO Radio Pictures
Production
RKO
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 25, 1952
Premiere · Cincinnati, Ohio
United States · May 3, 1952
Theatrical · New York City, New York
Brazil
January 1, 2000 · Physical · IMDB
France
May 22, 1953 · Theatrical
Germany
January 6, 1953 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 10, 2009 · Physical · DVD
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