
No Way Out(1950)
Two hoodlum brothers are brought into hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one dies, the other accuses their Black doctor of murder.


“Carefree Cary Grant on a gay holiday with his lovely bride walks right into DANGER!”
An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.

Cary Grant
Dr. Eugene Norland Ferguson

José Ferrer
Raoul Farrago

Paula Raymond
Helen Ferguson

Signe Hasso
Senora Isabel Farrago

Ramon Novarro
Colonel Adragon

Gilbert Roland
Roland Gonzales

Leon Ames
Sam Proctor

John George
Man In Street Crowd (uncredited)
Crisis is a crime, drama, thriller film released in 1950 exploring themes of brain tumor, vacation, dictatorship, doctor, brain surgeon. Directed by Richard Brooks, it stars Cary Grant, José Ferrer, Paula Raymond. An American doctor gets caught in the middle of a revolution when he's forced to operate on a South American dictator.
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