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Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) |
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Director: |
Robert Wise
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Starring: |
Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Gloria Grahame, Allen Nourse, Zohra Lampert, Wayne Rogers, Lois Thorne, Lew Gallo, Carmen De Lavallade, Mae Barnes, Kim Hamilton, Will Kuluva, Ed Begley, Richard Bright
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Crime, Drama, Thriller, US Classics
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USA
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PG
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Languages: |
English
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Running Time: |
96 min
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Odds Against Tomorrow a crackling crime caper with an undercurrent of racial tension combines the desperation of three men--two of whom hate each other--and the culmination of that desperation in the form of a robbery. The film which includes a fantastic jazz score by pianist John Lewis of the Modern Jazz Quartet is a film noir gem. David Burke (Ed Begley) a former policeman who once served a prison sentence has asked bigoted southerner Earl Slater (Robert Ryan) to rob an upstate bank with him promising him $50000 in small bills if the robbery is successful. Burke also recruits Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte who also helped produced the film) a nightclub entertainer who doesn't want the job but who is hopelessly addicted to gambling and is in debt. At first Slater who is supported by his girlfriend Lorry (Shelley Winters) finds out Ingram is black and refuses the job but realizing he needs the money decides after all to join Ingram and Burke in the venture. When they embark on the robbery however all hell breaks loose as danger--and the tension between Ingram and Slater--mount.
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1 member review(s)
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Works well
19 February 2011
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Worth seeing for Harry Ballafonte's performance. But the whole cast does well.
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