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No Way Out is a 1987 American neo-noir crime thriller film, directed by Roger Donaldson and written by Robert Garland based on the 1946 Kenneth Fearing novel The Big Clock. It stars Kevin Costner as Tom Farrell, a naval officer who enters a romantic relationship with Susan Atwell, the mistress of Secretary of Defense David Brice. Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Fred Thompson and Iman appear…
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*The Big Clock*, 1946 crime novel by American author Kenneth Fearing, is considered to be one of the finest works of the genre. As such, it was adapted to big screen three times, resulting in three very different films. The first and most faithful adaptation, set in New York journalistic milieu, was eponymous 1948 film noir starring Ray Milland and Charles Laughton. The second adaptation was 1975 French film *Police…More
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No Way Out came out in 1987. Starring Kevin Costner, this film of the story of naval commander Tom Farrell, tasked with hunting down a Russian spy who is accused of killing the mistress of the Secretary of Defence. Of course the spy is the fabrication and Ferrell finds himself the possible target he is hunting. Or something to that effect. This is a good old fashion is 1980s Cold War-era spy thriller. Of course, one…More
No Way Out came out in 1987. Starring Kevin Costner, this film of the story of naval commander Tom Farrell, tasked with hunting down a Russian spy who is accused of killing the mistress of the Secretary of Defence. Of course the spy is the fabrication and Ferrell finds himself the possible target he is hunting. Or something to that effect. This is a good old fashion is 1980s Cold War-era spy thriller. Of course, one…More