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14/08/1987 Thriller, Drama 1h 54m
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Is it a crime of passion, or an act of treason?

Overview

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.

  1. Roger Donaldson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Kevin Costner

    Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell

  2. Gene Hackman

    Defense Secretary David Brice

  3. Sean Young

    Susan Atwell

  4. Will Patton

    Scott Pritchard

  5. Howard Duff

    Senator William 'Billy' Duvall

  6. George Dzundza

    Sam Hesselman

  7. Jason Bernard

    Major Donovan

  8. Iman

    Nina Beka

  9. Fred Thompson

    CIA Director Marshall

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2018-05-23
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 appears as the Secretary’s loyal and diligent assistant.

This remake of 1948's “The Big Clock" makes great use of Washington DC & surrounding area (e.g. Arlington) with ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$15,000,000.00

Revenue
$35,509,515.00

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