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 Thompson	...	Marshall (as Fred Dalton Thompson)
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:

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

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Colin Friels, Richard Dreyfuss, Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Gary Oldman, Stephen lang, Alec Baldwin, Michael Biehn, JT Walsh, James Spader, Ron Perlman, Bryan brown, and John Heard were considered to play Scott Pritchard.

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Goofs

When Leon Russom is handing Farrell and Pritchard CIA reports he pulls them out of his briefcase. The next moment they walk him out of the office and he doesn't pick up the briefcase. Later he has it.

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Quotes

Tom Farrell: Who are these goons?
Scott Pritchard: They're associated with Special Forces.
Tom Farrell: Why? I don't understand what that means. What does that mean, "associated?"
Scott Pritchard: That means exactly what I said. They were formerly in Special Forces and now they are associated..
Tom Farrell: [to goon 1] Where? Honduras? El Salvador?
[goon 1 nods his his yes]
Scott Pritchard: Somewhere down there.
Tom Farrell: [to goon 1] Were you with the death squads?
[to Scott]
Tom Farrell: What? They were with the death squads there.
[...]

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Crazy Credits

The opening and closing credits pan over the city of Washington.

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Connections

Referenced in Schizopolis (1996)

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Soundtracks

Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
By Rod Stewart and Carmine Appice
Published by WB Music Corp. & Nite Stalk Music and Rod Stewart

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.

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

Gross USA:

$35,509,515

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$35,509,515

Company Credits

Production Co:

Orion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1