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NO WAY OUT (1950) 20th Century Fox/Disney, 106 min. D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Sidney Poitier made a scintillating screen debut as Dr. Luther Brooks who treats a pair of low life criminal brothers who are wounded while attempting to rob a gas station. Ray Biddle, a virulent racist (Richard Widmark at his most incendiary) refuses to be treated by a black man and accuses Dr. Brooks of murder after his brother dies. The incident touches off a firestorm that threatens to erupt in an all-out race war. Caught in the middle is Johnny’s ex-wife Edie (Linda Darnell) mired in the ingrained racism of her neighborhood despite a growing awareness of the world beyond its confines. Widmark and Poitier deliver riveting performances, and Darnell quietly steals the show as a woman seeking to escape the ignorance of her upbringing. Joseph Mankiewicz’s Oscar® nominated screenplay pulls no punches in its squirm-inducing depiction of the deep rooted racism that remains a major chapter of America’s legacy. A powerful film that is, sadly, just as relevant today as it was three quarters of a century ago.
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NO WAY OUT (1950) 20th Century Fox/Disney, 106 min. D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Sidney Poitier made a scintillating screen debut as Dr. Luther Brooks who treats a pair of low life criminal brothers who are wounded while attempting to rob a gas station. Ray Biddle, a virulent racist (Richard Widmark at his most incendiary) refuses to be treated by a black man and accuses Dr. Brooks of murder after his brother dies. The incident touches off a firestorm that threatens to erupt in an all-out race war. Caught in the middle is Johnny’s ex-wife Edie (Linda Darnell) mired in the ingrained racism of her neighborhood despite a growing awareness of the world beyond its confines. Widmark and Poitier deliver riveting performances, and Darnell quietly steals the show as a woman seeking to escape the ignorance of her upbringing. Joseph Mankiewicz’s Oscar® nominated screenplay pulls no punches in its squirm-inducing depiction of the deep rooted racism that remains a major chapter of America’s legacy. A powerful film that is, sadly, just as relevant today as it was three quarters of a century ago.
No Way Out
SUN 10 MAY
Coming Soon to
Cultural Center
NO WAY OUT (1950) 20th Century Fox/Disney, 106 min. D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Sidney Poitier made a scintillating screen debut as Dr. Luther Brooks who treats a pair of low life criminal brothers who are wounded while attempting to rob a gas station. Ray Biddle, a virulent racist (Richard Widmark at his most incendiary) refuses to be treated by a black man and accuses Dr. Brooks of murder after his brother dies. The incident touches off a firestorm that threatens to erupt in an all-out race war. Caught in the middle is Johnny’s ex-wife Edie (Linda Darnell) mired in the ingrained racism of her neighborhood despite a growing awareness of the world beyond its confines. Widmark and Poitier deliver riveting performances, and Darnell quietly steals the show as a woman seeking to escape the ignorance of her upbringing. Joseph Mankiewicz’s Oscar® nominated screenplay pulls no punches in its squirm-inducing depiction of the deep rooted racism that remains a major chapter of America’s legacy. A powerful film that is, sadly, just as relevant today as it was three quarters of a century ago.
