Actors: Charles McGraw, Marie Windsor, Jacqueline White, David Clarke, Peter Virgo, Don Beddoe
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Narrow Margin
THE NARROW MARGIN is a movie directed by Richard Fleischer in 1952.
Det. Sgt. Walter Brown and Det. Sgt. Gus Forbes arrive in Chicago. They have to pick there Mrs. Frankie Neil, the widow of a crook, in order to bring her back by train to Los Angeles. Mrs. Neil must testify against the mob and the L.A. District Attorney fears that she may be in danger. Soon after the policemen's arrival at Mrs. Neil's stash, Forbes is killed by a hitman who manages to escape.
Aboard the train to Chicago, Det. Brown hides Mrs. Neil in his compartment. He soon notices Kemp, a mob hitman, who tries to enter the compartment in several occasions. Det. Brown's advantage over his enemies is that they don't know Mrs. Neil's face. A few hours later, a man discreetly contacts Brown and offers him $20,000.- to kill Mrs. Neil.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of The Narrow Margin
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 30% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a criminal organization
Profession/status:
- killer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 90%-100%
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
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Yes
Any profanity?
- None
