The Narrow Margin

1952 film directed by Richard Fleischer
Movie film Q195772
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Summary

The Narrow Margin is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,298 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Richard Fleischer[3]
  • Screenwriter: Earl Felton[4]
  • Genre: film noir[5]
  • Cast member: Charles McGraw[6], Marie Windsor[7], Jacqueline White[8], Don Beddoe[9], David Clarke[10], Peter Brocco[11], George Chandler[12], Franklyn Farnum[13], Harry Harvey[14], Don Haggerty[15]
  • Producer: Stanley Rubin[16]
  • Production company: RKO Pictures[17]
  • Director of photography: George E. Diskant[18]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[19]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[20]
  • Review score: 8/10[21], 100%[22]
  • Color: black-and-white[23]
  • Country of origin: United States[24]
  • Publication date: May 2, 1952[25]
  • Distributed by: RKO Pictures[26], Netflix[27]
  • Narrative location: Los Angeles[28]
  • Film editor: Robert Swink[29]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Story[30]
  • Title: The Narrow Margin[31]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[32]
  • Duration: 71 minutes[33]
  • Production designer: Darrell Silvera[34]
  • Derivative work: Narrow Margin[35]
  • Set in environment: train[36]

Why It Matters

The Narrow Margin has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ko', 'nl', 'pt', 'ru', 'sv', '
    Ampas collections film id → W088030
    Sitelink count → 14
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  2. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 44954
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  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 94839
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  4. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Darrell Silvera
    Publication date → +1952-05-02T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Earl Felton
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+71'}
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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