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Genres:
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Action /
Drama /
Mystery /
Thriller /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Roger Donaldson
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Actors:
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Kevin Costner,
Jason Bernard,
Leon Russom,
Iman,
Howard Duff,
Gene Hackman,
Sean Young,
Will Patton,
George Dzundza,
Fred Dalton Thompson
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Duration:
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114 min.
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Rating:
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(7/10)106.5
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Plot Summary:
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In this taut remake of THE BIG CLOCK, Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner), a Naval intelligence functionary, begins dating an alluring woman (Sean Teenaged) who happens to be the girlfriend of his boss--the Secretary of Defense (Gene Hackman). When the woman is murdered, the Secretary assigns the task of tracking down the killer to Farrell--who right away becomes the main suspect.
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No Way Out
In this thriller from Australian director Roger Donaldson (The Premium, Thirteen Days) Costner plays Tom Farrell, a naval lieutenant and CIA spokesperson brought into the Pentagon to discreetly investigate the waste of Secretary of Shield's odalisque, Susan Atwell (Young). , as David Brice (Hackman), the Secretary of Defense, is himself the accused (it was an accident) and Farrell was is Atwell's man on the side, who aroused Brice's jealousy in the in the beginning station, he has to contrive hastily to stop being framed himself. A remake of the 1947 film noir The Big Clock, No Technique Out is a cleverly plotted thriller with impeccable performances. Costner is spot on as the the human race who finds it hard to play by means of others' rules, even if it ...
No Way Out
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