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Narrow Margin

It will take you to the edge of suspense.

6.4(243)19901h 37m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$17.5M
Box office
$10.9M
Language
English
  • witness protection
  • night train
  • jump from train

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Peter Hyams

Produced in

United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR21 Sept 1990
    • PhysicalR10 Nov 1998
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU9 Jan 1991
    • PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray25 Jan 2023
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1614 Mar 1991
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalR18+8 Dec 1990
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1525 Jan 1991

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Narrow Margin was released on 21 September 1990.

Audience reviews

2
  • J

    John Chard

    12/1/2014

    6.5/10

    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 a…

  • J

    JPV852

    9/29/2025

    7/10

    Second time watching this and still a solid thriller with a great finale that, save for one shot, looked practical which was great and today would've been done with visual effects. Good performances from Hackman and Archer and at only 94-minutes, a quick but entertaining way to spend a weekend night. **3.5/5**

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