FILM NOIR CLASSICS Hosted by Dean of Film Noir, Foster Hirsch
THE NARROW MARGIN
Monday, August 27 at 7 pm | Members $11 | Public $16
Includes reception with music by Moontide
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster’s moll set to testify against the very mob on a mission to assassinate her on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles
Nail-hard detective Walter Brown (Charles McGraw) is assigned to protect gangster's widow Mrs. Neall (Marie Windsor) as she rides
the train from Chicago to LA, en route to testifying at a grand jury. There's no love lost between the ill-tempered Neall and Brown, especially since Brown's partner (Don Beddoe) was killed by mobsters while shielding Neall from harm. On the train, Brown makes the acquaintance of a likeable woman (Jacqueline White) and her playful young son. He also comes in contact with a rather secretive fat man (Paul Maxey), who may well be a mob assassin. Not long before the train pulls into California, Brown is approached by smalltime crook (Peter Brocco), who offers the detective a great deal of money if he'll permit Neall to be silenced. Brown appears to be tempted, but this is only a smokescreen to throw the crooks off the trail. (USA, 1952, 72 min., NR, English| Dir. Richard Fleischer)
