No Way Out (1987) on Netflix
Tom Farrell, a naval officer, meets Susan Atwell at an inaugural ball and begins an affair with her. He learns she is also the mistress of Defense Secretary David Brice.
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Plot summary
Lieutenant Commander Tom Farrell of the Office of Naval Intelligence attends an inaugural ball at the invitation of his college friend Scott Pritchard, who introduces him to his employer, Secretary of Defense David Brice. At the ball Farrell meets Susan Atwell, and the two spend a night together before he ships out to the Philippines. Brice later recalls him to Washington to handle the department's dealings with the CIA. Back in the city, Farrell reconnects with his old landlord and with Sam Hesselman, who runs the Pentagon's computer center. He and Susan resume their affair and fall in love, and only then does she tell him that she is also Brice's mistress, a situation Pritchard disapproves of.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about No Way Out (1987)
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- The film is dedicated to the memory of its celebrated British cinematographer John Alcott, who died at the age of 55 after principal photography had wrapped in July 1986, a year before the film's release.
- No Way Out is the third film to be based on Fearing's novel, after The Big Clock in 1948 and Police Python 357 in 1976.
