Taglines: Sometimes the difference between life and death can be a Narrow Margin.
Narrow Margin movie storyline. A woman secretly witnesses the murder of her blind date for the evening by a top Mafia boss. She immediately goes into hiding without informing the authorities. When they finally catch up with her, she is unwilling to testify to what she has seen, but the Mafia are on her trail. Accompanied by a deputy district attorney, the woman boards a train travelling through a remote part of Canada. The Mafia know him but they have never seen her.
Narrow Margin is a 1990 crime thriller film directed by Peter Hyams and released by TriStar Pictures, loosely based on the 1952 film noir The Narrow Margin. It tells the story of a Los Angeles deputy district attorney who attempts to keep a murder witness safe from hit men while traveling through the Canadian wilderness aboard a train. The film stars Gene Hackman and Anne Archer.
Narrow Margin (1990)
Directed by: Peter Hyams
Starring: Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James Sikking, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Hogan, Nigel Bennett, Codie Lucas Wilbee, Barbara Russell, Kevin McNulty, Doreen Ramos
Screenplay by: Peter Hyams
Production Design by: Joel Schiller
Cinematography by: Peter Hyams
Film Editing by: James Mitchell
Set Decoration by: Kim MacKenzie
Art Direction by: Kim Mooney, Eric Orbom, David Willson
Music by: Bruce Broughton
Distributed by: TriStar Pictures
Release Date: September 21, 1990
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