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The Best of the Bs: The Narrow Margin

on BBC Two England

starring
Charles McGraw Marie Windsor
This brilliant and taut thriller - set on a train bound for Los Angeles from
Chicago - was one of RKO's most successful 'B' features. Detective Walter Brown is given the dangerous assignment of escorting Mrs Neil , the widow of a murdered gangster, to testify before a grand jury. But the mob are out to silence her. The film is notable for its ingenious use of the journey and the clever twists in the plot.
Screenplay by EARL FELTON from a story by MARTIN GOLDSMITH and JACK LEONARD
Produced by STANLEY RUBIN
Directed by RICHARD FLEISCHER
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Contributors

Unknown:
Charles McGraw
Unknown:
Marie Windsor
Unknown:
Walter Brown
Unknown:
Mrs Neil
Unknown:
Earl Felton
Story By:
Martin Goldsmith
Story By:
Jack Leonard
Produced By:
Stanley Rubin
Directed By:
Richard Fleischer
Walter Brown:
Charles McGraw
Mrs Neil:
Marie Windsor
Ann Sinclair:
Jacqueline White
Tommy Sinclair:
Gordon Gebert
Mrs Troll:
Queenie Leonard
Kemp:
David Clarke
Densel:
Peter Virgo
Gus Forbes:
Don Beddoe
Jennings:
Paul Maxey

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