The Narrow Margin
A Fortune If They Seal Her Lips!...A Bullet If They Fail!
Rating: 7.3 out of 10TMDB(182 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Story (1953)
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Box office
Made on a $10M budget
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Setting
Set in Los Angeles
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Cinematography
Cinematography by George E. Diskant
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jack LeonardStory
- Earl FeltonScreenplay
- Martin GoldsmithStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 3, 1952
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $10M
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cast
Charles McGrawDet. Sgt. Walter Brown
Marie WindsorMrs. Frankie Neall
Jacqueline WhiteAnn Sinclair- Gordon GebertTommy Sinclair
Queenie LeonardMrs. Troll
David ClarkeJoseph Kemp- Peter VirgoDensel
Don BeddoeDet. Sgt. Gus Forbes
Paul MaxeySam Jennings
Harry HarveyTrain Conductor
Peter BroccoVincent Yost (uncredited)
George ChandlerAccomplice Running Newsstand (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumTrain Passenger (uncredited)
Don HaggertyDet. Wilson (uncredited)
Milton KibbeeTenant (uncredited)- Walter MerrillOfficer Allen (uncredited)
Harold MillerTrain Passenger (uncredited)
Bess FlowersRestaurant Diner (uncredited)- Ivan BrowningWaiter (uncredited)
- James ConatyTenant in Apartment House Hallway (uncredited)
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