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No Way Out (1950)

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Release Date: Aug 16, 1950 Wide

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A pioneering film about racial tensions, No Way Out stars Richard Widmark as a criminal named Ray Biddle, who despises African-Americans. Sidney Poitier (in his screen debut) is the black doctor, Luther Brooks, assigned to take care of the wounded Ray. Dr. Brooks, hired by the police hospital as part of an overall program to integrate the staff, keeps his temper in check as Ray spouts his racist invective. When Ray's brother, also wounded, dies in the hospital, the blustering bigot holds Dr.

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.

Drama

Directed By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Written By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels

In Theaters: Aug 16, 1950 Wide

On DVD: Mar 7, 2006

Cast

Richard Widmark
Ray Biddle
Linda Darnell
Edie Johnson
Stephen McNally
Dr. Wharton
Sidney Poitier
Dr. Luther Brooks
Mildred Joanne Smith
Cora Brooks
Harry Bellaver
George Biddle
Stanley Ridges
Dr. Moreland
Dotts Johnson
Lefty
Amanda Randolph
Gladys
Bill Walker
Mathew Tompkins
Ruby Dee
Connie Brooks
Ossie Davis
John Brooks
Ken Christy
Kowalsky
Frank Richards
Mac
George Tyne
Whitey
Robert Adler
Assistant Deputy
Bert Freed
Rocky Miller
Jim Toney
Deputy Sheriff
Maude Simmons
Luther's mother
Ray Teal
Day Deputy
Will Wright
Dr. Cheney
Harry Lauter
Orderly
Harry Carter
Orderly
Don Kohler
Orderly
Ray Hyke
Orderly
Ernest Anderson
Eleanor Audley
Wade Dumas
Jonah
Ralph Dunn
Charles Flynn
Deputy
Fred Graham
Ambulance Driver
Ralph Hodges
Terry
Frank Jaquet
Reilly
J. Louis Johnson
Stan Johnson
Doris Kemper
Victor Kilian
Jack Kruschen
Man
Eda Reiss Merin
Nurse
Howard Mitchell
Bailiff
Ann Morrison
Kitty O'Neil
Landlady
Frank Overton
Intern
Dick Paxton
Johnny Biddle
William Pullen
Ambulance Doctor
Kathrun Sheldon
Mother
Emmett E. Smith
Joe
Phil Tully
Ann Tyrrell
Nurse
Ruth Warren
Ruben Wendorf
Laiola Wendorff
Polish Couple
Mack Williams
Ian Wolfe
John Whitney
Assistant
Jasper Weldon
Henry
Thomas Ingersoll
Priest
Robert Davis

Critic Reviews for No Way Out

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Topnotch film noir

January 11, 2007 Comment

Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly Source: Atlantic City Weekly

While not an essential addition to Fox's sterling line of film noir titles, No Way Out is still an important footnote in the history of Hollywood's portrayals of racism. Unlike Crash.

March 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

No Way Out borrows the template for socially conscious filmmaking from both Gentlemen's Agreement and Crossfire: it's half noir, half sermon.

March 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Eric Henderson

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Richard Widmark is a "Negro-Hater" who blames Sidney Poitier for his brother's death. Intense but stylized social commentary featuring a rather nice performance by Miss Linda Darnell.

February 4, 2009

Randy Tippy

Super Reviewer

A really good movie, it's both a serious drama focused on racism and the medical profession, and an exciting thriller with criminals. Poitier and Widmark give great performances.

September 5, 2010

AJ Verser

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