No Way Out poster
Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writer Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lesser Samuels

No Way Out

Tagline: Is it a question... or an answer?

Release Date: 1950-08-16

Duration: 106 minutes

Synopsis

Robbers Ray Biddle and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks, the hospital's only black doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying on the operating table, Ray accuses the doctor of murdering him. Blind with rage, Ray works to turn the white community of the city against Brooks, who finds an unlikely ally in the dead man's widow, Edie.

Casting

  • Harry Bellaver
    George Biddle
  • Frank Overton
    Intern (uncredited)
  • Eleanor Audley
    Wife (uncredited)
  • Barbara Pepper
    Woman (uncredited)
  • Richard Widmark
    Ray Biddle
  • Will Wright
    Dr. Cheney - Coroner (uncredited)
  • Ossie Davis
    John Brooks (uncredited)
  • Ruby Dee
    Connie Brooks (uncredited)
  • Ian Wolfe
    Watkins (uncredited)
  • Sidney Poitier
    Dr. Luther Brooks