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Narrow Margin( 1990)

TV-MAActionThrillerCrimeMystery
63%
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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Gene Hackman

      Robert Caulfield

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      Anne Archer

      Carol Hunnicut

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      James B. Sikking

      Nelson

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      Harris Yulin

      Leo Watts

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      J.T. Walsh

      Michael Tarlow

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      M. Emmet Walsh

      Sergeant Dominick Benti

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      Susan Hogan

      Kathryn Weller

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      Nigel Bennett

      Jack Wootton

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      J.A. Preston

      Martin Larner

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      B.A. 'Smitty' Smith

      Keller

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      Codie Lucas Wilbee

      Nicholas

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      Barbara Russell

      Nicholas' Mother

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      Antony Holland

      Elderly Man

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      Doreen Ramos

      Elderly Woman

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      Kevin McNulty

      James Dahlbeck

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      Andrew Rhodes

      Nigro

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      Lon Katzman

      Loughlin

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      Dana Still

      Bellman With Message

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      Lesley Ewen

      Larner's Secretary

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      Barney O'Sullivan

      Ticket Agent

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      Natino Bellantoni

      Bartender

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      Ted Stidder

      Conductor #1

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      Lindsay Bourne

      Club Car Waiter

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      Robert Rozen

      Dining Car Waiter

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      Tom McBeath

      Conductor #2

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      Ron Cummins

      Hotel Valet

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    A review by John Chard

    6.5
    Written by John Chard on Mon Dec 01 2014
    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...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    17500000.00

    Revenue

    10900000.00

    Keywords

    • witness protection
    • night train
    • jump from train