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No Way Out
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No Way Out is a 1987 American crime and action film directed by Roger Donaldson, based on a work by Kenneth Fearing. It stars Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young and Will Patton, with cinematography by John Alcott and a score by Maurice Jarre, and was produced by Laura Ziskin for Embassy Pictures. Filmed in Baltimore and set in Washington, D.C., it was made in English and Russian.
Distributed by Orion Pictures and Netflix, the film had a budget of $15,000,000 and took in $35,500,000 at the box office.
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6.9Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.
Cast
- Kevin Costner as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
- Gene Hackman as Defense Secretary David Brice
- Sean Young as Susan Atwell
- Will Patton as Scott Pritchard
- Howard Duff as Senator William 'Billy' Duvall
- George Dzundza as Sam Hesselman
Themes
- washington dc, usa
- espionage
- homicide
- pentagon
- minister
- u.s. navy
- photographic evidence
- limousine
- remake
- mole
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
53,715 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
92%
Metacritic
77/100
- Year
- 1987
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 2 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Roger Donaldson
- Screenplay by
- Robert Garland
- Based on
- The Big Clock , 1946 novel, by Kenneth Fearing
- Produced by
- Robert Garland Laura Ziskin
- Starring
- Kevin Costner Gene Hackman Sean Young Will Patton Howard Duff
- Cinematography
- John Alcott
- Edited by
- Neil Travis
- Music by
- Maurice Jarre
- Distributed by
- Orion Pictures
- Release date
- August 14, 1987 ( 1987-08-14 ) (US)
- Running time
- 114 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $35.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- Russian
- Director
- Roger Donaldson
- Cast member
- John Hostetter
- Composer
- Maurice Jarre
- Producer
- Laura Ziskin
- Production company
- Embassy Pictures
- Cinematographer
- John Alcott
- Narrative location
- Washington, D.C.
- Filming location
- Baltimore
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 121809
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.mgm.com/view/movie/1384/No-Way-Out
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- publication date
- 1988-03-03
- title
- No Way Out
- film editor
- Neil Travis
- after a work by
- Kenneth Fearing
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 7.1/10
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- box office
- 35500000
- capital cost
- 15000000
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Encyclopedic overview
No Way Out is a 1987 American neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Robert Garland based on the 1946 Kenneth Fearing novel The Big Clock. It stars Kevin Costner as Tom Farrell, a naval officer who enters a romantic relationship with Susan Atwell, the mistress (Sean Young) of Secretary of Defense David Brice (Gene Hackman). Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Fred Thompson and Iman appear in supporting roles. No Way Out is the third film to be based on Fearing's novel, after The Big Clock (1948) and Police Python 357 (1976).
Upon its theatrical release in the United States on August 14, 1987, No Way Out grossed $35.5 million at the box office and received positive reviews from film critics.
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