The Narrow Margin, TCM Party screening

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TCM's Summer Under the Stars is screening the 1952 train noir The Narrow Margin tonight as part of an Aug. 21 spotlight on Marie Windsor. The film runs 71 minutes and stars Marie Windsor opposite Charles McGraw in a compact, dialogue-driven thriller set largely on a train. Multiple sample posts singled out Windsor's tough, unsympathetic turn, praised Charles McGraw's stony screen presence, and lauded George E. Diskant's cinematography. Viewers noted a memorable compartment fight and repeated the film's economical storytelling, saying almost nothing in the 71 minutes is wasted. The screening is being discussed under the evening's TCMParty and Summer Under the Stars tags, with viewers recommending other Windsor work such as Hellfire (1949).

TCM Party

@tcmparty.bsky.social

The movie runs just 71 minutes. It's a terrific example of how economical classic B-movie storytelling could be: almost nothing is wasted. #TCMParty #TheNarrowMargin ^JW #SummerUnderTheStars

405h ago

Cathy 🥃7

RKO knew what it was doing. #TheNarrowMargin #TCMParty #SummerUnderTheStars

Pam Newman6

Terrific example indeed. Great, perfectly tight storytelling, wonderfully directed by Fleischer. #TheNarrowMargin #SUTS #MarieWindsor #TCMParty

DishonoredLady2

#TCMParty #SUTS #filmnoir #TheNarrowMargin ✨

Libby Morse1

I call them “Bundt cake movies” because the baking time is similar.

Alan Hait 🏳️‍🌈🏝️🍞✡️

@alanhait.bsky.social

Well… at least Forbes lasted a bit longer than Miles Archer. #TheNarrowMargin #TCMParty #SUTS

255h ago

Stephanie Morrison

@stephaniemorrison.bsky.social

The look on her face matches the dress. #TCMParty #TheNarrowMargin

235h ago

Janine

@janinefrompgh.bsky.social

Here's a bit from Eddie prior to tonight's movie #TCMParty #TheNarrowMargin youtu.be/e12p8OV4V5A?...

205h ago

teamrickandilsa.bsky.social

@teamrickandilsa.bsky.social

Charles McGraw is underrated IMHO. He’s perfect for this genre. Looks just like something out of a detective novel and has the voice to match. #TheNarrowMargin #TCMParty

204h ago

Brett Coughlin

@coughlinbrett.bsky.social

Windsor is fantastic in this film and the cinematography is amazing. The cinematographer for The Narrow Margin was George E. Diskant. His work included They Live by Night (1949). Fantastic #TCMParty #TheNarrowMargin #SUTS

204h ago

Gina Dalfonzo

@ginadalfonzo.bsky.social

I don't think I've ever seen #TheNarrowMargin start to finish. #TCMParty

235h ago

boolittlek7

Just realized it's my first watch. It was one of 2 titles left on my DVR when I switched from TimeWarner to GoogleFiber several years back, and I somehow kept missing it during the intervening years. Very excited! #TheNarrowMargin #TCMParty

Pam Newman7

You are in for a VERY enjoyable watch! #TheNarrowMargin #SUTS #MarieWindsor #TCMParty

Stephanie Morrison6

It’s a treat! #TCMParty #TheNarrowMargin

Joel5

It moves fast. #TCMParty

Michael Campbell3

Enjoy. I’m planning to join in for #TheKilling for Marie Winsor’s #SUTS day on #TCMParty It’s Kubrick and Winsor’s terrific in the movie.

dwayneadd.bsky.social2

To are in for something very special.

Van Stanwyck

@vanstanwyck.bsky.social

It's been a long day of far too little Marie Windsor. Not even enough to wet my beak. Now, finally, my red Solo cup is full to the brim and I can quaff to my heart's content. #TheNarrowMargin #TCMParty

205h ago

Libby Morse

@libbyr.bsky.social

If you get a chance to see #MarieWindsor in the gender-bending western Hellfire (1949), don’t pass it up. Filmed in the two-color Trucolor process and looks like nothing else Maybe TCM will play it someday. #TCMParty #SUTS

173h ago

ARN1

One of Marie’s best. And that Trucolor really is *chefs kiss*

Phyll Indablank

@phyllindablank.bsky.social

You make me sick to my stomach. Well use your own sink. 🤢😂🤣 #TheNarrowMargin #TCMParty

204h ago

Cathy 🥃

@66betty.bsky.social

I haven't smoked a cigarette in decades, but movies like this always make me want to spark one up. #TheNarrowMargin #TCMParty #SummerUnderTheStars

175h ago

Leaving FilmStruck

@leavingfilmstrk.bsky.social

Well, use your own sink. Some of the dialogue is fantastic. #TheNarrowMargin #TCMParty

174h ago

CondimentGrrl aka Marcy

@condimentgrrl.bsky.social

This fight in the compartment is insane and this Porter is MVP. #TCMParty #TheNarrowMargin #SUTS #MarieWindsor

144h ago

Noir Nick at Night

@noirnickatnight.bsky.social

The screenwriter giving it to each character in this #thenarrowmargin #tcmparty

114h ago

larueart

@dlarue16.bsky.social

#TheNarrowMargin #TCMParty #SummerUnderTheStars Charles McGraw’s stony granite face should be on the Mt. Rushmore of Film Noir…

145h ago

Quoting this

Greg Olsen4

If we are doing a Mt. Rushmore of film noir, the four faces have to be: Humphrey Bogart Dana Andrews Robert Mitchum George Raft Sorry, but there isn't room for Charles McGraw. #TCMParty

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