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 | 10.499 |
Directed By
Peter Hyams
Crew
Peter Hyams
Earl Felton
Robert Lee
Neal Burger
Glenn R. Wilder
Melissa R. Stubbs
Karen Baker Landers
Leslie Ann Anderson
Doc Duhame
John Hyams
Denny Arnold
Pat Gerhardt
Per Hallberg
Lon Katzman
Michael J. Kohut
Gar Stephen
Curtis Lupo
David Willson
Beverly Pinnas
Amy Stephen Wilder
Scott Nicholson
Judith French
John Brilhante
Bill W. Benton
Dan Sharp
Yvonne Melville
Carlos Delarios
Don Orlando
Penny Gibbs
Lisa Weinstein
Jonathan A. Zimbert
Bruce Broughton
James Mitchell
Stan Parks
Jack Frost Sanders
Roy Sidick
Kim MacKenzie
Robin Jobin
Martin Goldsmith
Eric W. Orbom
Kevin Quibell
Roger Lifsey
Mary Eilts
Jerry Offsay
Peter Hyams
Peter Hyams
Tom Bellfort
Mario Kassar
Nick Kuchera
Kim Mooney
Nathaniel Massey
Steve Peterson
Les Erskine
Dan M. Rich
Scott Wilder
Alois Stranan
Ralph Gerling
Guy Faria
Kevin Hearst
Jerry R. Allen
Douglas Greenfield
James Sallis
Steve Wolke
Wylie Stateman
Fred Moroz
Joel Schiller
Don Brown
Gary Brooks
Brigitte Prochaska
Scott Martin Gershin
Dan O'Connell
Dolores Burke
Jack Rowand
Adam Sliwinski
Margaret Solomon
Curt Sobel
Bob Kaiser
Wayne McLaughlin
Jack Leonard
Lynne Carrow
Gary A. Hecker
Mark McKenzie
Armin Steiner
Adam Druxman
Lara Fox
Ralph Parker
Michael Rennison
Mary Eilts
Rick Stadder
Dale 'Tiny' Garrison
Doc Kane
Phil Gough
Andrew G. Vajna
Pat Williams
Dan Moore
Don Nemitz
Donah Bassett
James Forsyth
Ellen Mirojnick
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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