Narrow Margin DVD (1952)

Narrow Margin

1952

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The Narrow Margin is generally considered a model B picture; some film buffs go farther than that, labelling this 1952 RKO suspenser as the best low-budget studio production ever made. Nail-hard detective Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) is assigned to protect gangster's widow Mrs. Neall (Marie Windsor) as she rides the train from Chicago to LA, en route to testifying at a grand jury. There's no love lost between the ill-tempered Neall and Brown, especially since Brown's partner (Don Beddoe) was killed by mobsters while shielding Neall from harm. On the train, Brown makes the acquaintance of a likeable woman (Jacqueline White) and her playful young son. He also comes in contact with a rather secretive fat man (Paul Maxey), who may well be a mob assassin. Not long before the train pulls into California, Brown is approached by small-time crook (Peter Brocco), who offers the detective a great deal of money if he'll permit Neall to be silenced. Brown appears to be tempted, but this is only a smokescreen to throw the crooks off the trail. The Narrow Margin was remade (and unnecessarily padded and attenuated) in 1990.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Narrow Margin details

Format:	PG DVD
Starring:	David Clarke, Don Beddoe, Marie Windsor, Charles McGraw, Jacqueline White, Queenie Leonard, Gordon Gebert, Peter Virgo
Director:	Richard Fleischer
Genres:	Drama - Crime, Thriller - General
Studio:	DB MUSIC SALES

DVD 1 disc

Name	Discs
Narrow Margin	PG Feature

DVD Information

Run time:	1 hour 11 minutes
Rental release:	12 Apr 2010
Main languages:	English

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The Narrow Margin

By MrandMrs (1 review) , 08 May 2011

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We enjoyed it immensely. This is an exciting suspense thriller without the highly technical action of today's computer generated images. An excellent movie of it's time - film noir genre. Highly recommended.
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Highly recommended thriller

By SocialGranty (3 reviews) from Manchester , 01 Nov 2011

Selected by Martin Scorsese for the programme for the 2011 Port Eliot Film Festival, this is a well paced thriller with a brilliant twist in the tail. Highly recommended.
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Give it a miss

By Derekandian (10 reviews) , 23 Sep 2011

Watched this till about half way through and had to turn it off - Absolute rubbish with cardboard acting and actore
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NARROW MARGIN

By a customer from Stalybridge, Cheshire. , 09 Sep 2011

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE OLD BLACK & WHITE MOVIES THAT STANDS OUT .. EVERYONE SPEAKS CLEARLY (None of this 'You know what a mean man' stuff) YOU DON`T GET FOUL LANGUAGE AND THE ACTING IS OF A HIGHER STANDARD. This movie is a thriller which takes place on a train where the life of a gangsters wife is under threat whilst she is supposed to be protected.
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The Narrow Margin

By MrandMrs (1 review) , 08 May 2011

We enjoyed it immensely. This is an exciting suspense thriller without the highly technical action of today's computer generated images. An excellent movie of it's time - film noir genre. Highly recommended.
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