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