The Narrow Margin
A Fortune If They Seal Her Lips!...A Bullet If They Fail!
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A taut, paranoid noir thriller where a cop and a widow must survive a train journey hunted by assassins, balancing danger with an uneasy attraction.
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.
Essence
Ensemble
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)
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