Thriller

The Narrow Margin

1952 1h 11m 7.3 (179)

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Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White

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Regisseur: Richard Fleischer
Schrijvers: Earl Felton, Martin Goldsmith, Jack Leonard
Sterren: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White
Genre: Thriller, Crime

Verhaal

Agent Walter Brown moet kroongetuige Neall van Chicago naar Los Angeles met de trein vervoeren, zodat zij kan getuigen tegen de maffia. Onderweg worden ze van alle kanten belaagd door maffia-leden die haar het liefst dood zouden willen hebben.

Thriller Crime

Tagline: A Fortune If They Seal Her Lips!...A Bullet If They Fail!
Genre: Thriller, Crime
Studio's: RKO Radio Pictures
Uitgebracht: 1952
Talen: Engels
Landen: United States of America

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Trefwoorden

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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

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)

Franklyn Farnum

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Don Haggerty

Det. Wilson (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

Tenant (uncredited)

Walter Merrill

Officer Allen (uncredited)

Harold Miller

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Restaurant Diner (uncredited)

Ivan Browning

Waiter (uncredited)

James Conaty

Tenant in Apartment House Hallway (uncredited)

Reviews

1 recensie

John Chard

7 nov. 2019 · via TMDb

The witness protection programme just got hard boiled. After finally waking herself up, a mobsters wife decides to testify against him and his organisation. As the trial draws closer she is constantly under threat of being murdered before she can spill the beans. Tough detective Walter Brown and his partner Gus Forbes are assigned to escort her safely across country via a train from Chicago to Los Angeles, but nobody can be trusted, and the threat of death is around everyone on board this speeding train. Yes it may well be a "B" movie, but as "B" movies go this has to rank as one of the finest exponents of that particular arc. With the film taking place almost entirely on board the train, the tension sapping and claustrophobic feel is perfectly executed by director Richard Fleischer. The plot twists and turns and throws up genuine moments of surprise that thrill instead of hinder, whilst the ending doesn't cop out by pandering to the normal requisite of witness protection thrillers. Charles McGraw is great as Brown, putting the hard into hard boiled and Jacqueline White is very precious as Ann Sinclair. Truth is, is that all the cast work well within the confines of this tightly produced picture. It was a surprise hit for RKO, where made on a small budget of under a quarter of a million dollars, it turned out to be a very profitable "B" production for the company. It wowed audiences back in the 50s and it's testament to the film's worth that today, here in the modern age, it's still being sought out and praised by movie lovers of all ages. 8/10

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7.3

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179

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