Narrow Margin (1990) — AI Story Visualization

Narrow Margin (1990) Poster

Plot Analysis Summary

A witness and a protector evade assassins on a cross-country train to deliver testimony against a crime boss.

Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases

The Fatal Blind Date

Flight to the Rockies

Murder on the Tracks

Climax on the Roof

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.

Directed by

Peter Hyams

Key Cast

Rating: 6.5/10 (234 votes)