The Narrow Margin

Union Station. Dawn. A dropped glove. Two plainclothes cops wait, tasked with the cross-country protection of a mobster's widow. But a contract is out, and the train is long. Fleischer's B-movie intensity gets it done in just over an hour.

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Richard Fleischer directed The Narrow Margin in 1952. See Richard Fleischer's full filmography, where to start with Richard Fleischer, or where to go after you've seen everything by Richard Fleischer.

The Narrow Margin was released in 1952 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 72 minutes.