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No Way Back (1949)

No Way Back poster
Directed by
Stefan Osiecki
Genre
boxing film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 12m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An injured boxer loses his career and falls in with criminals. His life takes a turn toward crime and trouble.

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What happens

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. The story concerns an injured boxer who sinks into bad company when his fighting career comes to an end leading to a spiral of crime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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