The Narrow Margin

1952 · 71 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 9,108 VOTES · DIR. Richard Fleischer

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Overview

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.

Dialogue Timeline — 877 lines

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00:01:03 Your attention, please.
00:03:01 Slightly out of the high-rent district, isn't it?
00:06:02 That's what's worrying me.
00:10:07 You could put a live bomb in his hand and count 10 before he'd drop it.
00:12:15 I'm not too keen on this grand jury business.
00:17:23 It's a rotten detail. I don't like it. I didn't like it from the start.
00:20:26 I'm really sorry. At least let me pay for your drink.
00:24:31 All right, but I'm going to lock it.
00:27:44 You name your own figure, Mr. Brown.
00:31:50 - Yeah, we're training him that way. - Put me down!
00:34:33 I beg your pardon, sir.
00:36:17 I told you, didn't I? He never fooled me.
00:38:36 I can't.
00:40:57 A couple of sandwiches.
00:44:17 Oh, he's a very sensible boy. He didn't press for details.
00:47:15 - What's the matter with it? - Nothing.
00:50:35 - What's he got to do with it? - Never heard of him.
00:52:25 This man claims he's an officer.
00:55:08 Then you're a bigger idiot than I thought.
00:58:01 Not quite. You're in it, too, and I wish you weren't.
01:00:34 - I got my lines crossed. - Where's that payoff list?
01:03:12 My record's clean. The Internal Affairs Division knows it.
01:06:49 The keys.
01:10:01 It'll take a minute.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed877
Dialogue density12.4 lines / min
First line00:01:03
Final line01:10:01

Production Record

DirectorRichard Fleischer
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10,000,000
IMDb votes9,108