Odds Against Tomorrow
1959
A classic noir thriller, produced and directed by ROBERT WISE (West Side Story), ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW stars HARRY BELAFONTE (Carmen Jones), ED BEGLEY (Sweet Bird of Youth) and ROBERT RYAN (The Dirty Dozen). Dave Burke (BEGLEY ) is an embittered ex – policeman whose career was shattered when he refused to cooperate .. Read more
| Starring | Richard Bright, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters |
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| Director | Robert Wise |
| Genres | Drama |
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Odds Against Tomorrow
A classic noir thriller, produced and directed by ROBERT WISE (West Side Story), ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW stars HARRY BELAFONTE (Carmen Jones), ED BEGLEY (Sweet Bird of Youth) and ROBERT RYAN (The Dirty Dozen). Dave Burke (BEGLEY ) is an embittered ex – policeman whose career was shattered when he refused to cooperate with the crime commission. Putting the law behind him, he plans a bank heist and recruits the perfect team; Johnny Ingram (BELAFONTE ), a black nightclub singer with gambling debts, and Earle Slater (RYAN ), a small-minded, racist thief. Both men are reluctant to participate, but personal guilt and financial pressures persuade them to set their doubts aside. The plan falls slowly into place, but Slater’s prejudice’s cause frictions within the group, and tensions mount to an explosive climax as the day of reckoning unfolds.
| Starring | Richard Bright, Robert Ryan, Gloria Grahame, Shelley Winters, Harry Belafonte |
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| Director | Robert Wise |
| Studio | OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 32 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 27 Apr 2009 Production year: 1959 |
| Format | DVD |
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A taut, downbeat, New York-shot bank heist thriller, with the traditional dishonour among thieves revolving around the... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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Heist.
Taut, tough, cynical, excellent crime melodrama featuring an array of believably corrupt, tawdry characters in an authentic, seedy milieu.
Admirers of David Goodis' novels of impoverished, inconspicuous misfits might like this one.
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- SteveMason from Nottingham
- Posted 24 Apr 2009 12:26
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Oddly good
Heist movies are inherently suspenseful, only moreso when the guys pulling the heist hate each other's guts for racial reasons. It adds an extra - pardon the pun - colour to a fairly standard film noir, set in grim locations with a high powered cast playing it lowkey.
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