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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.

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Top billed 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

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