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Against All Odds
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Against All Odds is a 1984 American film directed by Taylor Hackford. The movie features a cast including Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, and Alex Karras. It is based on the film Out of the Past and was produced by Columbia Pictures, New Visions, and Columbia-Delphi Productions. The narrative is set in Los Angeles, and filming took place in Los Angeles and Mexico.
The film falls under the genres of romance, neo-noir, erotic thriller, and action. Its runtime is 121 minutes. Donald E. Thorin served as the director of photography, Fredric Steinkamp was the film editor, and Larry Carlton composed the music. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix, with availability on video on demand and the Criterion Channel. The tagline for the film is "Sometimes love is the most dangerous game of all."
Critical reception includes a review score of 6.2, 42 out of 100, and 64%. The film holds a rating of 6.0 on IMDb and a vote average of 5.7 on TMDb. Keywords associated with the story include escape, manipulation, redemption, murder, and betrayal.
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5.7Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler. Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her, but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.
Cast
- Jeff Bridges as Terry Brogan
- Rachel Ward as Jessie Wyler
- James Woods as Jake Wise
- Alex Karras as Hank Sully
- Jane Greer as Mrs. Wyler
- Richard Widmark as Ben Caxton
Themes
- escape
- manipulation
- redemption
- murder
- betrayal
- conspiracy
- double crossed
- double cross
- passion and romance
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Out of the Past
- Director
- Taylor Hackford
- Cast member
- Ted White
- Composer
- Larry Carlton
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Donald E. Thorin
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Mexico
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 418428
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1984-06-01
- film editor
- Fredric Steinkamp
- title
- Against All Odds
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 64%
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