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No Way Out
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.
1987 · Directed by Roger Donaldson · 114 min · Thriller · Drama · 14 frames
Tagline
Is it a crime of passion, or an act of treason?
Crew
- Screenplay: Robert Garland
- Cinematography: John Alcott
- Edited by: William Hoy, Neil Travis
- Music: Maurice Jarre
- Production design: J. Dennis Washington
- Produced by: Robert Garland, Laura Ziskin
Cast
- Kevin Costner as Lt. Cmdr. Tom Farrell
- Gene Hackman as Defense Secretary David Brice
- Sean Young as Susan Atwell
- Will Patton as Scott Pritchard
- Howard Duff as Senator William 'Billy' Duvall
- George Dzundza as Sam Hesselman
- Jason Bernard as Major Donovan
- Iman as Nina Beka
- Fred Thompson as CIA Director Marshall
- Leon Russom as Kevin O'Brien
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Russian, English
- Studios: Orion Pictures
- Budget: $15,000,000
- Box office: $35,509,515
- Themes: washington dc, usa, espionage, homicide, pentagon, minister, u.s. navy, photographic evidence, limousine, remake, mole
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