The Valet (Manuel Rosón) enters a hotel room with Joseph Garcin (Morgan Sterne) in tow.

Two women, Inès Serrano (Viveca Lindfors) and Estelle Rigault (Rita Gam), are then led in.

[2] Viveca Lindfors, at the time married to screenwriter George Tabori, was chosen to play Inès.

[5] After being screened at the 12th Berlin International Film Festival in June 1962, where Rita Gam and Viveca Lindfors shared the Silver Bear for Best Actress award,[6] No Exit received its American release on December 5.

[4] Allison Darren calls the film an "excellent psychological drama" with a "surprisingly overt" depiction of lesbianism.