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Nail-hard detective Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) is assigned to protect gangster's widow Mrs. Neall (Marie Windsor) as she rides the train from Chicago to LA, en route to testifying at a grand jury.Product Identifiers
EAN5060195360551
eBay Product ID (ePID)78785315
Product Key Features
ActorCharlie Macgraw, Gordon Gebert, Marie Windsor, Queenie Leonard, Jacqueline White
Aspect Ratio4:3 Full Frame
Film/TV TitleNarrow Margin
DirectorRichard Fleischer
Release Year2010
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
CertificatePG
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
Additional InformationTHE NARROW MARGIN is generally considered a 'model' B picture; some film buffs go farther than that, labelling this 1952 RKO suspense flick as the best low-budget studio production ever made. Nail-hard detective Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) is assigned to protect gangster's widow Mrs. Neall (Marie Windsor) as she rides the train from Chicago to LA, en route to testifying at a grand jury. There's no love lost between the ill-tempered Neall and Brown, especially since Brown's partner (Don Beddoe) was killed by mobsters while shielding Neall from harm. On the train, Brown makes the acquaintance of a likeable woman (Jacqueline White) and her playful young son. He also comes in contact with a rather secretive fat man (Paul Maxey), who may well be a mob assassin. Not long before the train pulls into California, Brown is approached by small-time crook (Peter Brocco), who offers the detective a great deal of money if he'll permit Neall to be silenced. Brown appears to be tempted, but this is only a smokescreen to throw the crooks off the trail. THE NARROW MARGIN was remade (and starred Gene Hackman and Anne Archer) in 1990.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleNarrow Margin