No Way Out

No Way Out

106 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Aug. 16, 1950

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.

No Way Out

106 mins | Drama, Crime, Thriller | Aug. 16, 1950

No Way Out
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title No Way Out
Directors Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writers Lesser Samuels, Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast

Richard Widmark

as Ray Biddle

Linda Darnell

as Edie Johnson - Mrs. John Biddle

Stephen McNally

as Dr. Dan Wharton

Sidney Poitier

as Dr. Luther Brooks

Mildred Joanne Smith

as Cora Brooks

Harry Bellaver

as George Biddle

Stanley Ridges

as Dr. Sam Moreland

Dots Johnson

as Lefty Jones - Orderly

Robert Adler

as Louie - Assistant Deputy in Hospital Prison Ward (uncredited)

Ernest Anderson

as School Teacher (uncredited)

Jessie Arnold

as Woman (uncredited)

Eleanor Audley

as Wife (uncredited)

Polly Bailey

as Woman (uncredited)

Betsy Blair

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Eileen Boyer

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Harry Carter

as Orderly (uncredited)

Ken Christy

as Officer Ed Kowlaski (uncredited)

Charles J. Conrad

as Doctor (uncredited)

Jack Daley

as Man (uncredited)

Ossie Davis

as John Brooks (uncredited)

Ruby Dee

as Connie Brooks (uncredited)

Wade Dumas

as Jonah (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

as Sam (uncredited)

Elzie Emanuel

as Student (uncredited)

Francine Everett

as Woman (uncredited)

Charles Ferguson

as Man Leaving Hospital (uncredited)

Charles Flynn

as Deputy (uncredited)

Bert Freed

as Rocky Miller - Beaver Canal Resident (uncredited)

Alyce Goering

as Woman (uncredited)

Fred Graham

as Wilson (uncredited)

Joe Hartman

as Doctor (uncredited)

Gil Herman

as Doctor (uncredited)

Don Hicks

as Doctor (uncredited)

Ralph Hodges

as Terry (uncredited)

Ray Hyke

as Orderly (uncredited)

Thomas Ingersoll

as Priest (uncredited)

Johnnie Jallings

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Berneice Janssen

as Secretary (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

as Mr. Reilly (uncredited)

J. Louis Johnson

as Elderly Black Man (uncredited)

Stan Johnson

as Intern (uncredited)

Doris Kemper

as Wife (uncredited)

Victor Kilian

as Father (uncredited)

Don Kohler

as Orderly (uncredited)

Jack Kruschen

as Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)

Marie Lampe

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Harry Lauter

as Orderly (uncredited)

Herbert Lytton

as Doctor (uncredited)

Kathy Marlowe

as Woman (uncredited)

Charles McAvoy

as Riley (uncredited)

Eda Reiss Merin

as Nurse (uncredited)

Daniel Meyers

as Man (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

as Bailiff (uncredited)

Al Murphy

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

Frederick O'Neal

as Man (uncredited)

Kitty O'Neil

as Landlady (uncredited)

Frank Overton

as Intern (uncredited)

Dick Paxton

as Johnny Biddle (uncredited)

Barbara Pepper

as Woman (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett

as Woman (uncredited)

William Pullen

as Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)

Amanda Randolph

as Gladys (uncredited)

Frank Richards

as Mac (uncredited)

Davis Roberts

as Heckler at Riot Meeting (uncredited)

Jerry Sheldon

as Doctor (uncredited)

Kathryn Sheldon

as Mother (uncredited)

Maude Simmons

as Luther's Mother (uncredited)

Emmett Smith

as Joe (uncredited)

Ray Teal

as Day Deputy in Hospital Prison Ward (uncredited)

Art Thompson

as Doctor (uncredited)

Gertrude Tighe

as Telephone Operator (uncredited)

Jim Toney

as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Phil Tully

as Sergeant (uncredited)

George Tyne

as Whitey (uncredited)

Ann Tyrrell

as Nurse (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

as Sam's Wife (uncredited)

William Washington

as Student (uncredited)

Duke Watson

as Gas Station Attendent (uncredited)

Jasper Weldon

as Henry (uncredited)

Ruben Wendorf

as Polish Husband (uncredited)

Leola Wendorff

as Polish Wife (uncredited)

John Whitney

as Assistant (uncredited)

Mack Williams

as Husband (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe

as Watkins (uncredited)

Will Wright

as Dr. Cheney - Coroner (uncredited)

Ann Morrison

as Nurse