About this release
Narrow Margin, directed by Peter Hyams and loosely based on the classic film noir of the same title, tells the story of a resourceful District Attorney who must return a witness to San Francisco alive so she can testify in a trial. Carol (Anne Archer) is in the bathroom of the hotel room of her blind date when he is murdered by mobsters for stealing money. Knowing she is the only witness, Carol flees to an isolated Canadian mountain home to hide out. She is followed by Caulfield (Gene Hackman) who knows that she is a witness and wants to make her testify. When the mobsters track Caulfield to the cabin, Carol must join him in a run for her life on a Canadian train. This film, while it is somewhat uneven, is a tour de force for director/writer/cinematographer Peter Hyams, who delivers a fast-paced, action-packed chase through the Canadian mountains, stunningly photographed and well acted by both Hackman and Archer.
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Disc 1
UHD
Narrow Margin (1990)
97 min
ActionThrillerCrimeMystery
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.
Credits
Director
Peter Hyams
Writer
Peter Hyams
Cast
Gene Hackmanas Robert Caulfield
Anne Archeras Carol Hunnicut
James B. Sikkingas Nelson
Harris Yulinas Leo Watts
J.T. Walshas Michael Tarlow
M. Emmet Walshas Sergeant Dominick Benti
Susan Hoganas Kathryn Weller
Nigel Bennettas Jack Wootton
J.A. Prestonas Martin Larner
B.A. 'Smitty' Smithas Keller
Cinematographer
Peter Hyams
Composer
Bruce Broughton
Editor
James Mitchell
Producer
Jonathan A. Zimbert
Disc 2
BDNarrow Margin (1990)
97 min
ActionThrillerCrimeMystery
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.
Credits
Director
Peter Hyams
Writer
Peter Hyams
Cast
Gene Hackmanas Robert Caulfield
Anne Archeras Carol Hunnicut
James B. Sikkingas Nelson
Harris Yulinas Leo Watts
J.T. Walshas Michael Tarlow
M. Emmet Walshas Sergeant Dominick Benti
Susan Hoganas Kathryn Weller
Nigel Bennettas Jack Wootton
J.A. Prestonas Martin Larner
B.A. 'Smitty' Smithas Keller
Cinematographer
Peter Hyams
Composer
Bruce Broughton
Editor
James Mitchell
Producer
Jonathan A. Zimbert
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
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Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 29, 2026