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The Narrow Margin

1952, Movie, NR, 71 mins

The Narrow Margin: Review

A terrific B movie from RKO that takes place almost entirely on board a train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Charles McGraw stars as a hard-boiled detective who, with his partner (Don Beddoe) is assigned to escort a racketeer's widow (Marie Windsor) to a West Coast court where she will give testimony before a grand jury. However, three thugs aboard the train are trying to shut her up--permanently. Read the complete review for The Narrow Margin

The Narrow Margin: Cast & Details

Year: 1952
Rated NR

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Cast
Charles McGraw: Walter Brown
Marie Windsor: Mrs. Neall
Jacqueline White: Ann Sinclair
Gordon Gebert: Tommy Sinclair
Queenie Leonard: Mrs. Troll
David Clarke: Kemp

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The Narrow Margin: TV Guide News

Set a Date for Violent Saturday! | Today's News: Our Take | 2/29/2008
Contrary to popular cliches, a film noir doesn't have to be in set on the mean, rain-slicked backstreets of a cramped, malevolent city, nor does it even have to be in black-and-white ("noir" is really a world-view than a palette). And although purists may argue otherwise, a movie need not have been produced during the tumultuous years of WWII and its immediate aftermath to be considered a true "noir." Case in point: Richard Fleischer's Violent Saturday, a brightly colored, black-hearted look at crime and the American character from 1955 that's just now being re-released in a sparkling new 35mm print. This rarely seen pulp masterpiece was not only shot in blazing DeLuxe Color and ultra-wide CinemaScope, it's set in a seemingly idyllic desert mining town, and most of it unfolds in bright, broad daylight -- the better to see the corruption festering just below the happy surface. Noir? You bet.The Yale-educated Fleischer -- son of the maverick animator Max Fleischer -- kept busy right t... read more

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