Narrow Margin (1990)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $17,500,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $10,900,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 10.18 |
Directed By
Peter Hyams
Crew
Peter Hyams
Earl Felton
Robert Lee
Neal Burger
Glenn R. Wilder
Melissa R. Stubbs
Doc Duhame
Amy Stephen Wilder
Gar Stephen
Curtis Lupo
Scott Nicholson
Lon Katzman
Denny Arnold
David Willson
John Hyams
Beverly Pinnas
Leslie Ann Anderson
Pat Gerhardt
Ellen Mirojnick
Per Hallberg
Karen Baker Landers
Michael J. Kohut
Carlos Delarios
Bill W. Benton
Dan Sharp
John Brilhante
Don Orlando
Judith French
Penny Gibbs
Yvonne Melville
Lisa Weinstein
Jonathan A. Zimbert
Bruce Broughton
James Mitchell
Jerry Offsay
Mario Kassar
Andrew G. Vajna
Peter Hyams
Martin Goldsmith
Jack Leonard
Lynne Carrow
Joel Schiller
Mary Eilts
Peter Hyams
Mary Eilts
Jack Frost Sanders
Eric W. Orbom
Kim Mooney
Kim MacKenzie
Ralph Gerling
Nick Kuchera
Robin Jobin
Rick Stadder
Nathaniel Massey
Adam Sliwinski
Steve Peterson
Pat Williams
Dan Moore
Les Erskine
Dale Garrison
Stan Parks
Kevin Quibell
Roger Lifsey
Steve Wolke
Guy Faria
Scott Wilder
Roy Sidick
Margaret Solomon
Tom Bellfort
Wylie Stateman
Scott Martin Gershin
Kevin Hearst
Dan M. Rich
Curt Sobel
Doc Kane
Gary A. Hecker
Dan O'Connell
Don Nemitz
Mark McKenzie
Armin Steiner
Ralph Parker
Don Brown
Bob Kaiser
Donah Bassett
Wayne McLaughlin
Phil Gough
Jerry R. Allen
Dolores Burke
Douglas Greenfield
Jack Rowand
Michael Rennison
Adam Druxman
Gary Brooks
James Sallis
Lara Fox
Brigitte Prochaska
James Forsyth
Fred Moroz
Alois Stranan
TOP CAST
Gene Hackman
Robert Caulfield
Anne Archer
Carol Hunnicut
James B. Sikking
Nelson
Harris Yulin
Leo Watts
J.T. Walsh
Michael Tarlow
M. Emmet Walsh
Sergeant Dominick Benti
Susan Hogan
Kathryn Weller
Nigel Bennett
Jack Wootton
J.A. Preston
Martin Larner
B.A. 'Smitty' Smith
Keller
Codie Lucas Wilbee
Nicholas
Barbara Russell
Nicholas' Mother
Antony Holland
Elderly Man
Doreen Ramos
Elderly Woman
Kevin McNulty
James Dahlbeck
Andrew Rhodes
Nigro
Lon Katzman
Loughlin
Dana Still
Bellman With Message
Lesley Ewen
Larner's Secretary
Barney O'Sullivan
Ticket Agent
Natino Bellantoni
Bartender
Ted Stidder
Conductor #1
Lindsay Bourne
Club Car Waiter
Robert Rozen
Dining Car Waiter
Tom McBeath
Conductor #2
Ron Cummins
Hotel Valet
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