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No Road Back

  • 1957
  • Approved
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
159
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Paul Carpenter, Patricia Dainton, Skip Homeier, and Margaret Rawlings in No Road Back (1957)
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A blind and deaf woman dedicates her life and sacrifices all she has for her son, a good-for-nothing troublemaker who gets mixed up with a criminal gang that tries to frame him for a robbery... Read allA blind and deaf woman dedicates her life and sacrifices all she has for her son, a good-for-nothing troublemaker who gets mixed up with a criminal gang that tries to frame him for a robbery.A blind and deaf woman dedicates her life and sacrifices all she has for her son, a good-for-nothing troublemaker who gets mixed up with a criminal gang that tries to frame him for a robbery.

  • Director
    • Montgomery Tully
  • Writers
    • Falkland L. Cary
    • Philip Weathers
    • Charles Leeds
  • Stars
    • Skip Homeier
    • Paul Carpenter
    • Patricia Dainton
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.7/10
    159
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Montgomery Tully
    • Writers
      • Falkland L. Cary
      • Philip Weathers
      • Charles Leeds
    • Stars
      • Skip Homeier
      • Paul Carpenter
      • Patricia Dainton
    • 5User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Top cast19

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    Skip Homeier
    Skip Homeier
    • John Railton
    Paul Carpenter
    • Clem Hayes
    Patricia Dainton
    Patricia Dainton
    • Beth
    Norman Wooland
    Norman Wooland
    • Insp. Harris
    Margaret Rawlings
    Margaret Rawlings
    • Mrs. Railton
    Eleanor Summerfield
    Eleanor Summerfield
    • Marguerite
    Alfie Bass
    Alfie Bass
    • Rudge Harvey
    Sean Connery
    Sean Connery
    • Spike
    Robert Bruce
    Robert Bruce
    • Sgt. Brooks
    Philip Ray
    Philip Ray
    • Garage Man
    Thomas Gallagher
    • Night Watchman
    Ricky Arden
      Carl Conway
        Dudley Foster
        • Fingerprint Man
        • (uncredited)
        Arthur Howell
        • Customer at Club Bar
        • (uncredited)
        Kenneth Midwood
        • Police Constable Assisting Rudge
        • (uncredited)
        Jack Silk
        Jack Silk
        • Police Patrol Car Officer
        • (uncredited)
        Paddy Smith
        Paddy Smith
        • Police Patrol Car Driver
        • (uncredited)
        • Director
          • Montgomery Tully
        • Writers
          • Falkland L. Cary
          • Philip Weathers
          • Charles Leeds
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        • Trivia
          First credited film role of Sir Sean Connery (Spike).
        • Goofs
          The improvised tactile sign language that Beth uses on Mrs. Railton, quickly tapping and swiping her hands, does not exist. Tactile signing involves all four hands with a variety of actions.
        • Connections
          Featured in Sean Connery: A BAFTA Tribute (1990)
        • Soundtracks
          Society Rumba
          (uncredited)

          Music by Derek Scott

        User reviews5

        Featured review
        7/10

        The summary is wrong...but it's still a decent film.

        According to the summary currently posted on IMDB, the film is about a stupid young man who gets mixed up with gangsters and his long-suffering mother is beside herself. Well, that's not at all correct. Instead, the mother herself is a criminal and part of a gang of thieves and she does it all to afford to take care of her son (Skip Homier)! But it gets weird when you learn that somehow, Mama has become deaf AND blind...yet she oddly is the fence for the gang. Eventually the son finds out and desperately wants his mother to get out...though she wants ONE more job. And, of course, things go very wrong from there.

        The biggest reason I saw this low budgeted British film is because Sean Connery has a small role in it towards the beginning of his career. He is okay. As for the film, it's not exactly brilliant and the deaf/blind angle is too weird, but it IS enjoyable and worth seeing.
        • planktonrules
        • May 25, 2024
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        • Release date
          • October 19, 1959 (Sweden)
        • Country of origin
          • United Kingdom
        • Language
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Die blinde Spinne
        • Filming locations
          • Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK
        • Production company
          • Gibraltar Films Ltd.
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 23 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.37 : 1

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