No Way Out (1987)

A coverup and witchhunt occur after a politician accidentally kills his mistress.

Director:

Roger Donaldson

Writers:

Kenneth Fearing (novel), Robert Garland (screen story)

Stars:

Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young

Cast

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

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.

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Plot Keywords:

lift skirt | panties | upskirt | mistress | neo noir | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

14 August 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Deceit

Filming Locations:

National Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,259,460, 16 August 1987, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$35,509,515

Company Credits

Production Co:

Orion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kevin Costner did actually roll over 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!"

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Goofs

When they're first viewing Sean Young's character's body on the floor, you can see her left blouse collar rising and lowering with her heartbeat.

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Quotes

Tom Farrell: [Sarcastically about Brice] He has great warmth.
Scott Pritchard: He's a genius. The normal rules don't apply.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits appear in orange and then disappear, similar to the reconstruction process for the incriminating photograph of Tom.

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Connections

Featured in 20 to 1: Hollywood Twists (2011)

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Soundtracks

Hail to the Chief
(uncredited)
Music by James Sanderson (uncredited)

User Reviews

Sleazy beginning, but good

No Way Out is a suspense movie set during the cold war. Political intrigue within the US government is the focus of the film. The politically powerful Brice accidentally kills his mistress. Things get out of hand and he decides to frame her other lover as a spy. He knows that she is seeing someone else but has no idea who. Farrel, her other lover, is the man assigned to her case. He realizes that the investigation will eventually expose him, and when the investigators begin using a computer to restore a partially developed polaroid of Farrel found in the dead girlÕs things he has a good idea of how much time he has. There are some tense moments as Farrel trys to expose Brice before he is caught. Also there are a string of neat twists at the end, which succeed in not being corny.

This is worth your time. I definitely recommend it for fans of military suspense or cold war movies.