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Narrow Margin

"It will take you to the edge of suspense."

1990-09-21 Action 1hr 37m

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.

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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.

  • Released
    1990-09-21
  • Revenue
    $10,900,000
  • Budget
    $17,500,000
  • Runtime
    1hr 37m
  • Genre
    Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    6.6
  • Production
    Carolco Pictures

Crew

Peter Hyams
Director
Earl Felton
Screenplay

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Cast

Gene Hackman

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Robert Caulfield
Anne Archer

Anne Archer

Carol Hunnicut
Harris Yulin

Harris Yulin

Leo Watts
J. T. Walsh

J. T. Walsh

Michael Tarlow
M. Emmet Walsh

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Sergeant Dominick Benti
Susan Hogan

Susan Hogan

Kathryn Weller
Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Jack Wootton
J.A. Preston

J.A. Preston

Martin Larner
Barbara Russell

Barbara Russell

Nicholas' Mother
Antony Holland

Antony Holland

Elderly Man
Doreen Ramos

Doreen Ramos

Elderly Woman
Kevin McNulty

Kevin McNulty

James Dahlbeck
Lon Katzman

Lon Katzman

Loughlin
Dana Still

Dana Still

Bellman With Message
Lesley Ewen

Lesley Ewen

Larner's Secretary
Barney O'Sullivan

Barney O'Sullivan

Ticket Agent
Ted Stidder

Ted Stidder

Conductor #1
Lindsay Bourne

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Club Car Waiter
Robert Rozen

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Dining Car Waiter
Tom McBeath

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Ron Cummins

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Reviews for Narrow Margin
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A Review by John Chard 6.5

Written by John Chard on 2014-12-01

Narrow Margins and Wide Loads. Director and writer Peter Hyams took the bold decision to reimage one of the best film noir crime pictures... read more

Narrow Margins and Wide Loads. Director and writer Peter Hyams took the bold decision to reimage one of the best film noir crime pictures of the 1950s, and all things considered it’s not half bad. Without getting close to the greatness of Richard Fleischer’s 1952 claustrophobic suspenser that is. Having Gene Hackman and Anne Archer heading up your two principal characters is a good foundation. As the district attorney employee and witness to a mob killing respectively, both actors come up trumps for their director as they are thrust into a game of cat and mouse aboard a speeding train. As the Canadian wilderness outside the train’s windows soothes the eyes, the cramped interiors make for good suspense as Hackman plays the calm to Archer’s panic. There’s nothing new here in terms of thriller conventions, and the pitfalls and familiarity of the plot’s ideas keep it from hitting better heights: people still do dumb things – important details are all too quickly swept aside – laws of gravity non existent and etc. But refreshingly Hyams resists the chance to insert a cloying romance, while his staging of suspense scenes are very well handled. But of course he’s got Hackman being as cool as a cucumber. 6.5/10

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A Review by John Chard

Narrow Margins and Wide Loads. Director and writer Peter Hyams took the bold decision to reimage one of the best film noir crime pictures of the 1950s, and all things considered it’s not half bad. Without getting close to the greatness o...

reviewer avatar

A Review by John Chard 6.5

Written by John Chard on 2014-12-01

Narrow Margins and Wide Loads. Director and writer Peter Hyams took the bold decision to reimage one of the best film noir crime pictures of the 1950s, and all things considered it’s not half bad. ...

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