

The Narrow Margin
DirectorRichard Fleischer
“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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Trailer
Narrow Margin 1952 Trailer
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)
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