
The Narrow Margin(1952)
A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago to Los Angeles.


“The stick-up that stunned the nation!”
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.

Charles McGraw
Lt. Jim Cordell

Adele Jergens
Yvonne LeDoux aka Mrs. Benny McBride

William Talman
Dave Purvis / Martin Bell

Douglas Fowley
Benjamin 'Benny' McBride

Steve Brodie
Al Mapes

Don McGuire
Detective Danny Ryan

Don Haggerty
Detective Driving Final Pursuit Car

James Flavin
Lt. Phillips

Gene Evans
William 'Ace' Foster

Eddie Borden
Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
Armored Car Robbery is a thriller, crime, action film released in 1950 exploring themes of cop-killer, striptease, armored car, stripper, film noir, los angeles, california. Directed by Richard Fleischer, it stars Charles McGraw, Adele Jergens, William Talman. While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phillips before he and his cronies make off with the loot. Thinking he got away scot-free, Purvis collects his money-crazy mistress, Yvonne, then disposes of his partners and heads out of town. What Purvis doesn't know is that Phillips' partner, tough-as-nails Lt. Cordell, is wise to the criminal's plans and is closing in on his prey.
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