Narrow Margin (1990)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

It will take you to the edge of suspense.

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.

• Released: 1990-09-21
• Genres: Action, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
• Runtime: 1h 37m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 243 votes

Directed by Peter Hyams.

Top 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
• B.A. 'Smitty' Smith as Keller

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Narrow Margin

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Studiocanal Presents Amazon Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
• Australia: rent on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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