No Way Out (1950)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Director:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Writers:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz (written by) and
Lesser Samuels (written by)

Release Date:

16 August 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Film-Noir

Tagline:

Is it a question ...or an answer

Plot:

The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; Ray Biddle...

Plot Keywords:

Brothers | Hospital | Race Riot | Death Of Brother | Shot In The Leg

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Richard Widmark	...	Ray Biddle
Linda Darnell	...	Edie Johnson - Mrs. John Biddle
Stephen McNally	...	Dr. Dan Wharton
Sidney Poitier	...	Dr. Luther Brooks
Mildred Joanne Smith	...	Cora Brooks
Harry Bellaver	...	George Biddle
Stanley Ridges	...	Dr. Sam Moreland
Dots Johnson	...	Lefty Jones - Orderly

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | American Sign Language

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (certificate #14257) | West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Zanuck wanted to schedule the release of "No Way Out" a year after "Pinky," a 1949 movie about racial prejudice, because he wanted "a gradual buildup of audience receptivity."

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Biography: Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Terrifically exciting, edge-of-your-seat

I saw this on AMC a couple of years ago, and it knocked me over. Hey, there's a race riot scene, pretty realistic, and this is from 1950! Fabulous acting, great script, pulls you in like "On the Waterfront" does. It's hard to believe that the writer/director, Joseph Mankiewicz, was the same guy who made "Cleopatra". This one is worth seeking out.