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No Way Out

Is it a crime of passion, or an act of treason?

6.9(864)19871h 54m6

Navy 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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$15M
Box office
$35.5M
Language
Russian
  • washington dc, usa
  • espionage
  • homicide
  • pentagon
  • minister
  • u.s. navy
  • photographic evidence
  • limousine
  • remake
  • mole
  • secretary of defense
  • soviet spy

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR14 Aug 1987
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical15 Jan 1988
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalM8 Oct 1987
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalR14 Aug 1987
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical15+3 Jun 1993
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalU9 Dec 1987
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical123 Mar 1988
  • GreeceGR

    • Theatrical1616 Dec 1987
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical1826 Jul 1990
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1615 Jan 1988
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical13 Feb 1988
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical125 Feb 1988

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No Way Out was released on 14 August 1987.

Audience reviews

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    John Chard

    9/25/2014

    8/10

    Counting down the hours for some self investigation. No Way Out is directed by Roger Donaldson and adapted to screenplay by Robert Garland from the novel "The Big Clock" written by Kenneth Fearing. It stars Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, George Dzundza and Howard Duff. Music is by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by John Alcott. Already filmed impressively as The Big Clock in 1948, Fearin…

  • W

    Wuchak

    5/23/2018

    6/10

    Life in DC and The Pentagon during the mid-80s RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Roger Donaldson, "No Way Out” is a political drama/thriller starring Keven Costner as a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy who falls in love with a woman of dubious morality (Sean Young) and is thrust into a cover-up/witch hunt after a tragedy. Gene Hackman plays his “boss” at the Pentagon, the Secretary of Defense, while Will Patton app…

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