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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Martin Goldsmith (earlier story) &
Jack Leonard (earlier story) ...
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Release Date:
21 September 1990 (USA) more
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Sometimes the difference between life and death can be a Narrow Margin more
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A woman secretly witnesses the murder of her blind date for the evening by a top Mafia boss. She immediately... more | add synopsis
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The Résumé Indie
 (From IFC. 11 August 2009, 7:35 AM, PDT)

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Suspense for the Discriminating more (32 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gene Hackman ... Robert Caulfield

Anne Archer ... Carol Hunnicut
James Sikking ... Nelson (as James B. Sikking)

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 (as Barbara E. Russell)
Antony Holland ... Elderly Man
Doreen Ramos ... Elderly Woman
Kevin McNulty ... James Dahlbeck
Andrew Rhodes ... Sgt. Nigro
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Runtime:
97 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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Dolby SR (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
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As with Elliott Gould's character in Capricorn One (1977), Gene Hackman's Robert Caulfield is named after Peter Hyams' old boss from his days as working as a TV reporter. more
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Continuity: As Caufield's helicopter is approaching the mountain cabin, the outside scenery alternates from treeless, snow-covered mountain peaks and deep forests. more
Quotes:
Nicholas: This guy's lying - he's a train robber!
Caulfield: What would I want with a train?
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Edited into Mindstorm (2001) more

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18 out of 20 people found the following comment useful.
Suspense for the Discriminating, 30 January 2001
Author: BillSchillaci from Ridgewood, New Jersey

This film pops up frequently on the tube, and with good reason -- it's lean, smart, and superbly acted. Director Hyams makes the most of the claustrophobic train interior contrasting with the wide open Canadian wilderness. Gene Hackman has never been better. Tension is built through a series of one-on-one confrontations, each with electric undercurrents. The best by far is the gentlemanly chat between Hackman and James Sikking in the dining car. The standard "action-packed" ending is a bit disappointing. But don't let this stop you if you're into suspense films for the thinking person.

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30 min. longer, 30 times worse than original theclockticks
Good stunt effects using the real 'top' actors? Marlburian
toy train? kbsrailroad
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