Narrow Margin

Narrow Margin

97 mins | Crime, Action, Thriller, Mystery | Sept. 21, 1990

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.

Narrow Margin

97 mins | Crime, Action, Thriller, Mystery | Sept. 21, 1990

Narrow Margin
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Carolco Pictures
Original title Narrow Margin
Directors Jack Frost Sanders, Lara Fox, Peter Hyams, Robert Lee, Lisa Weinstein
Writers Jack Leonard, Martin Goldsmith, Peter Hyams, Earl Felton

Cast

Gene Hackman

as Robert Caulfield

Anne Archer

as Carol Hunnicut

James B. Sikking

as Nelson

Harris Yulin

as Leo Watts

J.T. Walsh

as Michael Tarlow

M. Emmet Walsh

as Sergeant Dominick Benti

Susan Hogan

as Kathryn Weller

Nigel Bennett

as Jack Wootton

J.A. Preston

as Martin Larner

Codie Lucas Wilbee

as Nicholas

Barbara Russell

as Nicholas' Mother

Antony Holland

as Elderly Man

Doreen Ramos

as Elderly Woman

Kevin McNulty

as James Dahlbeck

Andrew Rhodes

as Nigro

Lon Katzman

as Loughlin

Dana Still

as Bellman With Message

Lesley Ewen

as Larner's Secretary

Barney O'Sullivan

as Ticket Agent

Natino Bellantoni

as Bartender

Ted Stidder

as Conductor #1

Lindsay Bourne

as Club Car Waiter

Robert Rozen

as Dining Car Waiter

Tom McBeath

as Conductor #2

Ron Cummins

as Hotel Valet