No Way Out

1987 • 1h 54m •

Thriller Drama

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★ 6.9/10

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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 suspect as well.

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

Top Billed Cast

Kevin Costner

Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell

Gene Hackman

Defense Secretary David Brice

Sean Young

Susan Atwell

Will Patton

Scott Pritchard

Howard Duff

Senator William 'Billy' Duvall

George Dzundza

Sam Hesselman

Jason Bernard

Major Donovan

Iman

Nina Beka

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

J John Chard Verified TMDB Critic

2014-09-25

Counting down the hours for some self investigation.

No Way Out is directed by Roger Donaldson and adapted to screenplay by Robert Garland from the novel "The Big Clock" written by Kenneth Fearing. It stars Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, George Dzundza and Howard Duff. Music is by Maurice Jarre and cinematography by John Alcott.

Already filmed impressively as The Big Clock in 1948, Fearing's ingenious source material gets a shift to a Pentagon backdrop and still comes out a winner. Putting their own spin on the central story, that of a man finding he is investigati...

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic

2018-05-23

Life in DC and The Pentagon during the mid-80s

RELEASED IN 1987 and directed by Roger Donaldson, "No Way Out” is a political drama/thriller starring Keven Costner as a Lieutenant Commander in the Navy who falls in love with a woman of dubious morality (Sean Young) and is thrust into a cover-up/witch hunt after a tragedy. Gene Hackman plays his “boss” at the Pentagon, the Secretary of Defense, while Will Patton appears as the Secretary’s loyal and diligent assistant.

This remake of 1948's “The Big Clock" makes great use of Washington DC & surrounding area (e.g. Arlington) with ...