The Narrow Margin

IMDb link: 0044954
IMDb rating: 7.6 (9,869 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
Director: Richard Fleischer, William Cameron Menzies
Cast: Marie Windsor, Charles McGraw, Jacqueline White, Gordon Gebert and others

Release date: 27 Jun 1952
Release year: 1952
Runtime: 71 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: train, witness protection, train station, single mother, murder, widow, police detective, shot in the back, shootout, police officer

Plot:

When a mobster's widow decides to testify and provide names of others involved in evil deeds, she goes undercover to avoid being killed. Onboard a train going cross-country, she's being escorted in order to testify. Cop Walter Brown and his partner are assigned the task, but the mob are on their trail, attempting to make sure she never reaches her destination.

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