Narrow Margin

Sep 21, 1990

1h 37m

★ 6.4

It will take you to the edge of suspense.

Overview

An L.A. District Attorney attempts to take an unwilling murder witness back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her, they board a Vancouver-bound train only to discover that the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours, as the train hurls through the beautiful but isolated Canadian wilderness, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Carolco Pictures

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Cast

Robert Caulfield

Gene Hackman

Carol Hunnicut

Anne Archer

Nelson

James B. Sikking

Leo Watts

Harris Yulin

Michael Tarlow

J. T. Walsh

Sergeant Dominick Benti

M. Emmet Walsh

Kathryn Weller

Susan Hogan

Jack Wootton

Nigel Bennett

Martin Larner

J.A. Preston

Keller

B.A. 'Smitty' Smith

Nicholas

Codie Lucas Wilbee

Nicholas' Mother

Barbara Russell

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