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Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes63%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
242 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter HyamsDirector
- Peter HyamsWriter
- Bruce BroughtonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gene HackmanRobert Caulfield
- Anne ArcherCarol Hunnicut
- James B. SikkingNelson
- Harris YulinLeo Watts
- J.T. WalshMichael Tarlow
- M. Emmet WalshSergeant Dominick Benti
- Susan HoganKathryn Weller
- Nigel BennettJack Wootton
- J.A. PrestonMartin Larner
- B.A. 'Smitty' SmithKeller
- Codie Lucas WilbeeNicholas
- Barbara RussellNicholas' Mother
Stills
Themes
witness protectionnight trainjump from train