Narrow Margin

Narrow Margin is in fact a remake of a reportedly excellent B-movie crime thriller, so perhaps it should have been left at that. At any rate, Narrow Margin does not rise above the average thriller. In fact, several times during the film I found myself suspecting that I had seen it before. It all seemed so familiar, but that is probably because the film's suspense formula is well-tried stuff.

Anne Archer is Carol Hunnicut, who witnesses the murder of the lawyer Michael Tarlow, committed by the henchman of the mafia boss Leo Watts. Having recognised Watts, Carol flees to her remote cabin in the mountains so as not to become the next victim. She certainly wants nothing to do with testifying. The policeman Robert Caulfield does not quite agree, however, so when his colleague Benti finds out that Carol witnessed the murder, they fly together by helicopter up to Carol's cabin. Of course they have been tailed on the way, so the house and Benti are shot to pieces. Carol and Robert get away, though, and the rest of the film takes place on a train, where Robert must protect Carol and hide her from the villains, who are also on board. He succeeds, but by a narrow margin.