Narrow Margin Page #5

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Peter Hyams
Production: Live Home Video
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
58%
R
Year:
1990
97 min
281 Views


Well, maybe your wife is

in the proper car.

This is my son. This is not your wife.

This is our compartment. Not your compartment.

I would like you to leave.

This guy's lying.

I'm sorry for the inconvenience, really.

I'm always getting myself

into these kinds of things.

One time, I, uh, I lost my car.

I parked it in a parking lot

And forgot where I parked it.

I just ...

You know what that's like.

No, I don't know what that's like.

Would you please get out of here?

Yes, of course. I'm sorry.

Is this car 564?

No.

Well, there you are.

See? I've done it again.

I'm supposed to be in car 564.

Maybe you should go to car 564.

Would you know where that is?

No, I wouldn't.

He's lying, Mom. He's a train robber.

What would I want with a train?

Do you have a gun?

I guess I'll see the conductor.

He'd know where car 564 is,

wouldn't you think?

I'd expect so. Why don't you do that?

I'll go find him and ask him

where car 564 really is.

- Good idea.

- Well, uh, sorry for the inconvenience.

- You folks have a nice trip.

- You, too.

It's me ... Caulfield

How you doing?

I've been better.

Yeah, me, too.

So, are we expecting company?

There's two of them.

It won't take them long

to find this compartment.

I'm getting off at the next stop.

That's impossible.

- You watch me.

- We'd be sitting ducks out there.

Who said anything about we?

You're going out there alone?

We're in the middle of

a god-damn wilderness.

Look out the window, for Christ's sakes.

You're going out there on foot?

A breeze.

I can protect you better here.

Protect me?

You're the one who put me in danger.

I'm not stupid, Mr. Caulfield.

I won't survive stuck on this train

until tomorrow.

Let me tell you something.

A police officer died

trying to help get you back

to Los Angeles.

I'm going to get you back there.

I can't tell you what a comfort that is.

- I don't think I like you.

- The weekend in Paris is off?

You got a big mouth.

Use it on the witness stand.

I don't think you hear very well.

I'm not testifying at this trial.

You still don't get it.

These guys are grown-ups

with automatic weapons.

If they see you, they'll kill you.

We got two things going for us ...

One, they've seen me, but maybe not you.

They might not recognize you.

- And?

- And... we got one thing going for us.

But I've got you to protect me.

- Who is it?

- The conductor, sir.

Uh, yes?

I'm sorry to disturb you.

A gentleman has lost his briefcase.

Yeah.

Well, we think the porter

may have left it

in one of these compartments by mistake.

We're checking the whole car.

It's not in here.

You're welcome to take a look

if you'd like.

Thank you.

Hmm. I guess It's not in here.

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Peter Hyams

Peter Hyams (born July 26, 1943) is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer, known for directing Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction thriller Outland, 2010 (the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey), the 1986 action/comedy Running Scared, the comic book adaptation Timecop, the action film Sudden Death (both starring Jean-Claude Van Damme), and the horror films The Relic and End of Days. more…

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