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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.
1990 · Directed by Peter Hyams · 97 min · Action · Thriller · Crime · Mystery · 10 frames
Tagline
It will take you to the edge of suspense.
Crew
- Written by: Peter Hyams
- Cinematography: Peter Hyams
- Edited by: James Mitchell
- Music: Bruce Broughton
- Production design: Joel Schiller
- Produced by: Jonathan A. Zimbert
Cast
- Gene Hackman as Robert Caulfield
- Anne Archer as Carol Hunnicut
- James B. Sikking as Nelson
- Harris Yulin as Leo Watts
- J.T. Walsh as Michael Tarlow
- M. Emmet Walsh as Sergeant Dominick Benti
- Susan Hogan as Kathryn Weller
- Nigel Bennett as Jack Wootton
- J.A. Preston as Martin Larner
- B.A. 'Smitty' Smith as Keller
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Carolco Pictures
- Budget: $17,500,000
- Box office: $10,900,000
- Themes: witness protection, night train, jump from train
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