No Way Out | Full Movie | Movies Anywhere

Name: No Way Out
Released: 1950-8-16
Cast: Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Sidney Poitier, Mildred Joanne Smith

No Way Out

NR
1h 47m
1950

86%

PRICING SUBJECT TO CHANGE. Confirm current pricing with applicable retailer. All transactions subject to applicable license terms and conditions.

Nominated for the 1950 Oscar® for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay, this intense drama about racial hatred pulls no punches. When a white patient in a hospital dies under the care of a black intern (Sidney Poitier), the victim’s racist brother (Richard Widmark) seeks to destroy the doctor’s career. Although the hospital’s idealistic Chief Resident (Stephen McNally) tries to diffuse the escalating tension, the victim’s ex-wife (Linda Darnell) seems to go along with the vengeance-seeker—until she realizes she’s on the wrong side.

Director:

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Producer:

Darryl F. Zanuck

Writer:

Joseph Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels

Cast:

Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Stephen McNally, Sidney Poitier, Mildred Joanne Smith, Harry Bellaver

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

86%

Reviews

48 Hills

Dennis Harvey

It’s an effective suspense drama that’s also one of the best treatments of race relations of its era, not preachy or pandering.

The film is politically daring in its mere depiction of a Black protagonist—and in its view of a poor white man’s resentment of what he calls the preferential treatment of Black people.

1648465527000

FULL REVIEW

Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Nell Dodson Russell