No Way Back (1949)
A gangster's girl loves a one-eyed boxer who is framed for robbery.
- Date of release
- 1949-07-01
- TMDB
- 6.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
- Director
- Stefan Osiecki
Casting
- Terence de Marney — Johnnie Thompson
- Eleanor Summerfield — Beryl
- Jack Raine — Joe Sleat
- John Salew — Sammy Linkman
- Shirley Quentin — Sally Thompson
- Dennis Val Norton — Harry
- Gerald Pring — Doctor
- Gerald Lawson — Mike
- Thomas Gallagher — Bill
- Peggy Clarke — Miss Carter
- Anthony Valentine — Little fighting boy(as Tony Valentine)
- John Watts — Big fighting boy
Interesting facts
No Way Back is a 1949 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Stefan Osiecki and starring Terence De Marney, Eleanor Summerfield and Jack Raine. It was written by Thomas Burke, Osiecki and De Marney, from a short story by Burke.
Production
No Way Back was based on the short story "Beryl and the Croucher" by Thomas Burke, from his 1916 collection Limehouse Nights, who was known for his writings set in the East End of London. It is part of the spiv cycle of films made between 1945 and 1950. It was made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames.
The real-life boxer Tommy McGovern appears in the opening fight scene of the film as Thompson's opponent.
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