No Way Out

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

Aug 14 1987 R 1h 54m
Action, Crime, Drama

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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Kenneth Fearing, Robert Garland

Directed by

Roger Donaldson

Cast

Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Orion Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

2 nominations total

Trailers
Sean Young: No Way Out Trailer (1987)
Scores
# of Votes
54,722
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
77
Popularity
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