No Way Out

No Way Out

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

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Release Date

8/14/1987

Runtime

114 mins

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$35,509,515

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A labyrinthine Cold War thriller that traps you in a web of deception where every character might be guilty and no one can be trusted. The investigation spirals inward until the ground beneath the protagonist shifts entirely.

Mood

TenseParanoidUnsettling

Themes

BetrayalPowerObsessionCorruption

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

High-contrastFormalist

Structure

Nonlinear

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Sexual content

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