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No Way Out (1987)

R 114 min  -  Action | Drama | Mystery  -   14 August 1987 (USA)
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A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Writers:

Kenneth Fearing (novel), Robert Garland (screen story), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kevin Costner ...
Gene Hackman ...
Sean Young ...
Will Patton ...
Howard Duff Howard Duff ...
Senator William 'Billy' Duvall
George Dzundza ...
Sam Hesselman
Jason Bernard Jason Bernard ...
Major Donovan
Iman ...
Nina Beka
Fred Dalton Thompson ...
Leon Russom ...
Kevin O'Brien
Dennis Burkley Dennis Burkley ...
Mate
Marshall Bell ...
Contra #1
Chris D. ...
Contra #2
Michael Shillo Michael Shillo ...
Schiller
Nicholas Worth Nicholas Worth ...
Cup Breaker
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Storyline

Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defense David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a KGB mole! Tom could soon become a suspect when a Polaroid negative of him was found at Susan's place. He now has only a few hours to find the killer before the computer regenerates the photo. Written by Sami Al-Taher <staher2000@yahoo.com>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Mistress | Mole | Secretary Of Defense | Officer | Search  | See more »

Taglines:

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

Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

Parents Guide:

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Details

Official Sites:

MGM | Add/edit official sites  »

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

No Way Out - Es gibt kein Zurück See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,259,460 (USA) (16 August 1987) (806 Screens)

Gross:

$35,509,515 (USA)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Kevin Costner did actually rollover the hood of a moving car during one of the chase sequences. According to the film's original press material, an insurance executive approached director Roger Donaldson after that stunt and said: "Don't you ever... ever... EVER... do that again!" See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Farrell's arm is sliced by the "goon" at the end it is much lower on the arm than where the band-aid shows it wrapped up in the last shots. See more »

Quotes

CIA Director Marshall: What's all this top secret business I've been hearing about over at the Pentagon?
Kevin O'Brien: Here's what we do have. CID is running a phone check. They're looking for all calls placed to a Susan Atwell.
CIA Director Marshall: Who's she?
Kevin O'Brien: Well, she's in the morgue at Fort Meade. She was murdered last night.
CIA Director Marshall: We know anything about it?
Kevin O'Brien: Get ready for this. We think she's either David Brice's or Scott Pritchard's mistress. Well she was seen with both of them.
[Marshall laughs ironically]
Kevin O'Brien: It didn't seem a high priority matter, so my people have been a little lax in following it up.
CIA Director Marshall: Well, spilt milk.
[Wryly laughing]
[...]
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Connections

Referenced in "NCIS: Untouchable (#3.20)" (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"DA YA THINK I'M SEXY?"
By Rod Stewart and Carmine Appice
Published by WB Music Corp. & Nite Stalk Music and Rod Stewart See more »