Double Feature
Narrow Margin (1990)
Sometimes the difference between life and death can be a Narrow Margin. Director / writer / cinematographer Peter Hyams’ loose remake of the 1952 noir classic is a nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat chase thriller that barrels forward like an unstoppable locomotive. A Los Angeles District Attorney (Gene Hackman) is sent to protect a woman (Anne Archer) who witnessed a mob hit and return her safely to testify at trial. But killers are hot on their heels, on the same train and ready to make sure she doesn’t talk. All aboard!
- Director
- Peter Hyams
- Writer
- Screenplay by Peter Hyams based on an earlier screenplay by Earl Felton, earlier story Martin Goldsmith & Jack Leonard
- Starring
- Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking, J.T. Walsh, M. Emmett Walsh
- Year
- 1990
- Rated
- R
- Country
- USA
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 97 minutes
The “Human” Factor
John Kinsdale (Academy Award winner George Kennedy, Cool Hand Luke, The Dirty Dozen) is a devout family man working as a NATO computer specialist in Naples, Italy. When political terrorists kill his entire family, John uses his technological prowess to track and hunt down the cold-blooded killers. Trying to prevent him from taking the law into his own hands are a local police inspector (Raf Vallone), a U.S. military commander (Arthur Franz), and peers MacAllister (Sir John Mills) and Janice (Rita Tushingham). But nothing short can prevent John from meting out his bloody brand of grief-stricken revenge. Directed by Edward Dmytyk (The Caine Mutiny, Mirage) and featuring a haunting soundtrack by legendary composer Ennio Morricone, The “Human” Factor is the violent but emotional saga of an ordinary man pushed beyond the limits. (MPI)
- Director
- Edward Dmytryk
- Writer
- Original Screenplay by Peter Powell & Thomas Hunter
- Composer
- Ennio Morricone
- Starring
- George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone, Barry Sullivan, Rita Tushingham, Arthur Franz, Tom Hunter, Shane Rimmer, Haydee Politoff
- Year
- 1975
- Rated
- R
- Country
- UK/USA/Italy
- Format
- 35mm
- Running Time
- 96 minutes