Thursday, November 12, 2020

No way out (1950) - little known thriller/film noir from director Joseph L. Mankiewicz, starring Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Linda Darnell and Stephen McNally

Rating 7.4/10
Runtime: 106 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042792/

Cast

Richard Widmark ... Ray Biddle
Sidney Poitier ... Dr. Luther Brooks
Linda Darnell ... Edie Johnson
Stephen McNally ... Dr. Dan Wharton
Mildred Joanne Smith ... Cora Brooks
Harry Bellaver ... George Biddle
Stanley Ridges ... Dr. Sam Moreland

Description: The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; Ray Biddle, a rabid racist, wants no treatment from black resident Dr. Luther Brooks. When brother John dies while Luther tries to save him, Ray is certain it's murder and becomes obsessed with vengeance. But there are black racists around too, and the situation slides rapidly toward violence.

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Download link (torrent file):

https://ufile.io/tpr2joc9


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.77 GB, 3713 Kbps, 23.976 fps, 640x480 (4:3), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 155
Audio : 195/53 MB (main/commentary), 256/80 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2/2 channels, 0x55 = AC3/VORBIS, CBR/VBR


Subtitles (English hearing impaired closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English (including hearing impaired), Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, Greek, German) posters and screenshots included


Dual audio track information

This movie contains two audio tracks, one is original English, and the other is commentary by film noir historian Eddie Muller. You can use VLC Player to easily choose between any of audio tracks (Audio => Audio track) and switch to main audio track on Track 1, additional track on Track 2)

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