No Way Out
1950 · Movie · 101 min. · United States
The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; Ray Biddle, a rabid racist, wants no treatment from black resident Dr. Luther Brooks. When brother John dies while Luther tries to save him, Ray is certain it's murder and becomes obsessed with vengeance. But there are black racists around too, and the situation slides rapidly toward violence.
Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast Richard Widmark · Sidney Poitier · Linda Darnell · Stephen McNally · Ruby Dee · Ossie Davis · Mildred Joanne Smith · Harry Bellaver
Soundtrack Alfred Newman
Screenplay Joseph L. Mankiewicz · Lesser Samuels
Cinematography Milton R. Krasner
Original title No Way Out
6.8
731 votes (FilmAffinity)
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