The Narrow Margin (1952)
A woman planning to testify against the mob must be protected against their assassins on the train trip from Chicago to Los Angeles. (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: Richard Fleischer
Written By: Earl Felton, Martin Goldsmith
Starring: Marie Windsor, Charles McGraw, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert, Queenie Leonard, David Clarke, Don Beddoe, Napoleon Whiting, Johnny Lee
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The Narrow Margin belongs to 29 collections
1. Film Noir (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 53 stars)
2. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 50 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 250 Quintessential Noir Films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 37 stars)
4. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 36 stars)
5. Academy Award - Oscar - ALL Best Picture, Directing, Acting & Screenplay Nominees (public - 23 stars)
6. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 17 stars)
7. Best of criticker: Drama (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 14 stars)
8. Doubling The Canon (public - 13 stars)
9. Best film of top directors (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 13 stars)
10. BFI 100 key Noir films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 8 stars)
11. Best of criticker: Crime (public: moderated by avgcrtckr - 8 stars)
12. 1,000 Noir Films: They Shot Dark Pictures, Didn't They? (public: moderated by lisa- - 7 stars)
13. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
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You just can't go wrong with suspense on a train. Impossible.
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cat9man | 85 73% |
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Marie Windsor sells this movie as she did in "The Killing". Surprisingly good for a film of this type.
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avgcrtckr | 76 96% |
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The conclusion leaves some open gaps, but it's ok, for a short film that keeps its action all the way down until the last minute.
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Sometimes simplicity is an asset for a film, if executed correctly, and that's the case here. Following a quick set up we're treated to a tense hour of tight spaces and suspense aboard a train with slight interludes of levity. It works really well and has some well executed twists.
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| Oct 23, 2010 | screentime | 83 90% |
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Solid thriller that held up for me--although I suspect that some modern viewers may find the plot developments and suspense a little too mild and unexciting (no high tech fx or complicated stunts). For me all the details came together quite nicely and at a little over 70 minutes, it's not a high investment of my time.
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| May 17, 2010 |  |
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Intriguing "cat and mouse"-noir.
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