Movie
No Way Out
Overview
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.
Details
- Release date
- 1950-08-16
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Richard Widmark as Ray Biddle
- Linda Darnell as Edie Johnson
- Sidney Poitier as Luther Brooks
- Stephen McNally as Dan Wharton
- Mildred Joanne Smith as Cora Brooks
- Harry Bellaver as George Biddle
- Stanley Ridges as Sam Moreland
- Dots Johnson as Lefty Jones
- Robert Adler as Louie (uncredited)
- Ernest Anderson as School Teacher (uncredited)
- Jessie Arnold as Woman (uncredited)
- Eleanor Audley as Wife (uncredited)
Crew
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Director
- Lesser Samuels - Writer
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz - Writer
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