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No Way Out
Directed by Roger Donaldson
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… From TMDB
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No Way Out is a 1987 thriller drama film, directed by Roger Donaldson, starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman and Sean Young.
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60 of 188 · most liked firstIt’s going to be amazing in the last scene of this movie when she talks to her handler in fluent Russian, just like in No Way Out www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →Parker's piece is terrific and it reminded me of a great movie from 1987 called "No Way Out", where they gave the most realistic "enhance" speech by a computer nerd ever depicted in a movie or TV show, basically admitting that you have to steer "the algorithm" the way you want it to go. 1/
positive · AI labelView post →“Don’t cry, white boy, you’re gonna live” is a great response to like 99% of opinion pieces being written rn From a typically great article from @chlopinions.bsky.social about No Way Out, Sidney Poitier's debut film: www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
neutral · AI labelView post →No Way Out (1987) Directed by Roger Donaldson
neutral · AI labelView post →No Way Out (1987) Directed by Roger Donaldson
neutral · AI labelView post →Trailblazer, activist, Oscar winner, director, Sidney Poitier forged incredible path toward representation in film. BOTD 2/20/1927. Faves: No Way Out Blackboard Jungle Defiant Ones Raisin in the Sun Lilies of the Field Patch of Blue In the Heat of the Night Guess Who's Coming to Dinner #filmsky 📽
neutral · AI labelView post →#filmsky #moviesky #filmnoir No Way Out (1950) Richard Widmark & Sidney Poitier Directed by Joseph Mankiewicz #BOTD The film noir that directly confronts white supremacist ideology.
neutral · AI labelView post →Remembering Joe Mankiewicz on his birthday,one of the 20thCentury's great directors since his writing&directing of actors was superb. All About Eve is justifiably considered his best film but my favorites are A Letter to Three Wives & No Way Out which gave Linda Darnell the best roles of her career.
positive · AI labelView post →every year on her birthday my mom picks a movie for me to watch for the first time so today I’m watching No Way Out. going Costner mode.
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a (not so) random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #307 "The Roundup: No Way Out" (Lee Sang-yong/2023) The 3rd entry in the Roundup series and it's a fucking banger! Spoiler alert, all the Roundup films are bangers so far. Check them all out!
neutral · AI labelView post →I dislike when people post entire Letterboxd reviews, but here I go. Why? Totally of-the-moment despite being from 1950. I watched this film noir years ago & liked it. Just seemed incredibly relevant to today on rewatch. NO WAY OUT on Amazon Prime if interested. #filmsky 📽🎥🎞🎬
positive · AI labelView post →When I think of Melania Trump these days, I think of the Kevin Costner's movie, No Way Out...and Yuri....🤔
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw NO WAY OUT for the first time recently and I don't think I've ever been blindsided by a movie that hard
positive · AI labelView post →Finally getting a chance to watch Sidney Poitier’s film debut, No Way Out (1950)! It’s been on my to-watch list for ages—Poitier is always incredible, and I’ve got a soft spot for noir films. Excited to dive into this classic! #SidneyPoitier #NoirFilm #ClassicCinema
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight’s entertainment: No Way Out (1987), the film that introduced me to political thrillers. No, I didn’t see The Maltese Falcon first. The Maltese Falcon didn’t have Iman in it youtu.be/lypNWLvpb0I?...
positive · AI labelView post →I’m in spy movie mode. Is either The Hunt for Red October or No Way Out as enjoyable as I remember?
neutral · AI labelView post →After this film Mankiewicz made, ‘House of Strangers’, ‘No Way Out’ and ‘All About Eve’ all within 18 months. What a run. #TCMParty #ALettertoThreeWives
neutral · AI labelView post →Now you have me looking more up: Hitchcock '54: Rear Window/Dial M for Murder Mankiewicz '50: All About Eve/No Way Out Bergman '57: Seventh Seal/Wild Strawberries In some cases, one movie is more iconic than the other (see also Breakfast Club/Weird Science for John Hughes in 85), but still.
neutral · AI labelView post →#Junesploitation Day 1: Italian Crime! Film #1: Tony Arzenta aka Big Guns, aka No Way Out (1973) Trailer: youtu.be/hnUyW-w1VQA?...
neutral · AI labelView post →There are worse actors to do a movie marathon of than Gene Hackman. In the last week I've watched: Get Shorty The Birdcage The Firm Hoosiers* The Runaway Jury Mississippi Burning* Postcards from the Edge No Way Out The Package* and now Crimson Tide (* indicates first viewing)
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★★★ review of No Way Out boxd.it/8OcVB7 Film noir from 1950 sadly emblematic of 2025 America. Incredibly insightful & perhaps most explicit examination of racism from that era. Sidney Poitier is great in debut, but Richard Widmark steals every scene as evil incarnate. #filmsky 📽🎥🎞🎬
positive · AI labelView post →Writer/director Joseph Mankiewicz BOTD 2/11/1909. 9 Oscar nom, 4 wins inc. all-timer ALL ABOUT EVE (1950). Fave 📽 47 Ghost & Mrs Muir 49 Letter to Three Wives 50 No Way Out 52 5 Fingers 53 Julius Caesar 54 Barefoot Contessa 55 Guys & Dolls 59 Suddenly, Last Summer 63 Cleopatra 72 Sleuth #filmsky🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →📽 Sunday, Feb. 16: “No Way Out” (1950) on 35mm In his feature film debut, Sidney Poitier gives a mature performance as a young doctor breaking down racial barriers under hostile circumstances, embodying the emotional intensity and grace that would become his hallmark. Free! ucla.in/3CJ8Y0U
neutral · AI labelView post →Random Costner film recommendation: No Way Out
positive · AI labelView post →Played a bigot in No Way Out, and after having to horrifically abuse Sidney Poitier's doctor in the latter's first scene on film, ran after him to apologise profusely. They became lifelong friends. Great man, great actor.
neutral · AI labelView post →#MOVIEMADNESS DAY 26 - Movie with the greatest plot twist ◼️NO WAY OUT (1987)
neutral · AI labelView post →Upcoming Movies and Shows from Archewell Productions and Netflix 🎥Meet Me by the Lake 🎥The Wedding Date 🎥Untitled Polo-Themed Drama (Netflix) 🎥No Way Out Memoir Movie (Netflix)
neutral · AI labelView post →Yesterday, at Reel Brum, somebody started talking to me about how good the film No Way Out is, and how nobody had really heard of it. Under my coat? A No Way Out t-shirt. This actually happened.
positive · AI labelView post →For #AugustMovieChallenge #Filmsky by @omacolt.bsky.social Day 22: World leader in a movie... The always missed, Gene Hackman is the President in No Way Out... just one in my tribute here... weegiemidget.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/g...
neutral · AI labelView post →No Way Out [77] is a $4 VOD: www.metacritic.com/movie/no-way... #RIPGene "No Way Out is a superior example of the genre, a film in which a simple situation grows more and more complex until it turns into a nightmare not only for the hero but also for everyone associated with him." - Roger Ebert
neutral · AI labelView post →Having a little Richard Widmark film festival and just finished Mankiewicz's NO WAY OUT, which really taps into the self-pitying rage of white supremacy. Poitier (at just 22) arrives with huge screen presence, and Widmark never telegraphs that he's a real-life decent person playing a slimeball rat.
positive · AI labelView post →Prince Harry & Meghan, Developing Movie Based On ‘No Way Out’ War Memoir For Netflix With Matt Charman deadline.com/2026/05/prin...
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching NO WAY OUT (1950). Director: Joseph Mankiewicz. Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier. Celebrating Mankiewicz's birthday with this Oscar nominated screenplay. Timely in era of anti-DEI campaign. White thug blames black hospital doctor for poor care. Sound like today! #filmsky 📽🎥🎞🎬
positive · AI labelView post →The last day of the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival wraps up with Sidney Poitier as a doctor treating criminals in “No Way Out” from 1950. Richard Widmark is a bad guy whose brother is critically hurt after a robbery. With Linda Darnell. 20th Century Fox. #FilmNoir #ArthurLyonsFilmNoirFestival
neutral · AI labelView post →Italian cover art for the Super 8 version of NO WAY OUT (1950) Starring Sidney Poitier - BOTD in 1927. This was his film debut.
neutral · AI labelView post →In the excellent movie "No Way Out"* a crucial plot point is that the POTUS has received a GIFT of a jeweled box from Morocco which he fails to declare It violated the #EmolumentsClause & becomes a danger to his Presidency How quaint--In 1987 the Rule of Law still mattered *No spoilers
positive · AI labelView post →Let's not forget: "Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are preparing a film adaptation of the memoir about Afghanistan, "No Way Out: The Searing True Story of Men Under Siege."
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching another favourite movie of mine with #GeneHackman “No Way Out.” Watched “Mississippi Burning” last night. We was a great actor. RIP. 🪶🙌🏽💔🇨🇦
positive · AI labelView post →If you're planning a Gene Hackman film festival, here's where to watch some of his greatest roles: Unforgiven, Mississippi Burning, Get Shorty - Prime Superman 1-4 - Max Quick & the Dead - Hulu The Firm, The Conversation - Kanopy No Way Out, Get Shorty - Tubi, Pluto Scarecrow, Night Moves - TCM
neutral · AI labelView post →No Way Out is a deep cut, elite movie…but
positive · AI labelView post →The title of the film "No Way Out," which depicted the fictitious Georgetown Metr, er, airport, was a reference to the difficulty of leaving that part of town.
neutral · AI labelView post →ChrisBaronSmith Tracy Ryerson, Head of Scripted Film at Prince Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Productions, on “No Way Out”. “It's an incredible true story of bravery, heroism, and sacrifice, told from the POV of Major Adam Jowett. Can't wait to help bring it to the screen. Really proud of this one!”
neutral · AI labelView post →The prologue of 'No Way Out' is exceptionally well-written, and Archwell Productions is currently adapting it into a film. This narrative is significant and truly merits broader exposure.
neutral · AI labelView post →No Way Out — the movie that put a Metro stop in Georgetown. #HATM
neutral · AI labelView post →This week’s #FridayThrillerClub leading ladies are Sean Young and Iman #NoWayOut #SeanYoung #Iman #80smovies
neutral · AI labelView post →Omg, this movie is No Way Out!!! #HATM
positive · AI labelView post →Lily Revin @LuckyRevin ✨#PrinceHarry & Meghan Markle's Archewell Developing Movie Based On 'No Way Out' War Memoir For Netflix With Matt Charman. #SussexSquad #ArchewellProductions #HarryandMeghan 🙌🔥
neutral · AI labelView post →Sidney Poitier's debut movie, No Way Out, turned 75 at the weekend. For @avclub.com, I explored its enduring power and prescience. www.avclub.com/no-way-out-s...
neutral · AI labelView post →I was thinking this tonight—that what he does in this movie is one of my favorite screen performances ever, but that I don't know if I even have a second-favorite movie of his. No Way Out, possibly? It's just (for me!) a ridiculously steep drop-off from Bull Durham to everything else he's ever done.
positive · AI labelView post →I must admit I have only liked Costner in a few of his roles, and he seems in general to be overrated. In addition to working with Gene Hackman in “No Way Out,” he also had the incredible good fortune to work with James Earl Jones, Burt Lancaster, and Amy Madigan, all in just one movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Prince Harry and Meghan are making a film for Netflix based on the Afghan war book "No Way Out." • The book is about British Major Adam Jowett leading Easy Company, who defended Musa Qala, Afghanistan, in 2006. • Prince Harry, who served in Afghanistan, will produce with Markle and Tracy Ryerson.
neutral · AI labelView post →1) Maybe just because it's the first one I remember - No Way Out in which he plays a corrupt Sec Def. But that's really Costner's movie. 2) It's not Hoosiers. Overrated, and yw. 3) Soup, bread and wine. Keeping it simple. #hatm
positive · AI labelView post →For a perspective on DC today, try to catch the 1987 movie "No Way Out" staring Kevin Costner. Have to watch till the credits start. First time , I didn't and it lost it's meaning!! You'll know what I'm getting at!!
positive · AI labelView post →Oh my gosh, I had SO much fun talking about NO WAY OUT with the Fatal Attractions team! An excellent movie where Kevin Costner is sexy, Gene Hackman is horny, and Sean Young is brilliant!!
positive · AI labelView post →Posters for “No Way Out” from The USA and South Korea #FridayThrillerClub #NoWayOut #80smovies
neutral · AI labelView post →The Cremator - Amazing Czech film. No Way Out - Will Patton OWNS this. The Accountant² - Early preview, enjoyed this more than the first. The Accountant - Fun if you just roll with it. #LastFourWatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →watching No Way Out and this movie is about computers in the 80s
neutral · AI labelView post →I've seen 11 Gene Hackman movies: The French Connection, The Poseidon Adventure, The Conversation, Young Frankenstein, Supermans I, II, & IV (I don't count the Donner cut of II as a separate movie but also saw that), Hoosiers, No Way Out, Another Woman, & The Royal Tenenbaums. 1/
neutral · AI labelView post →Just watched “No Way Out” with Kevin Costner & Gene Hackman. Picturing Gene Hackman’s corrupt Secretary of Defense character and his legal counsel in current political times puts this 80’s film in a whole new light…
positive · AI labelView post →No Way Out was one of the first DVD’s that I ever bought. I missed out on the Shout Factory Blu-ray, so I’m super stoke to finally have an HD transfer of the film! #nowwatching
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