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Against All Odds
Against All Odds is a 1984 American romantic neo-noir thriller film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges and James Woods alongside Jane Greer, Alex Karras, Richard Widmark and Dorian Harewood. A remake of Out of the Past (1947), a film in which Greer played the femme fatale, this film's plot is about an aging American football star who is hired by a mobster to find his girlfriend.
Plot
Professional football player Terry Brogan (Jeff Bridges) is released by his team, the Outlaws. Aging, injured and in need of money, he is contacted by an old acquaintance, the shady gambler and nightclub owner Jake Wise (James Woods), who wants Terry to find Jake's girlfriend Jessie Wyler (Rachel Ward), daughter of the Outlaws' owner. Jake claims that Jessie assaulted him, stole money and fled. Terry is reluctant to take on the job, but needs the money and knows Wise is capable of blackmailing him.
More details
| author | Eric Hughes |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Taylor Hackford |
| editor | Fredric Steinkamp William Steinkamp |
| genre | crime drama thriller |
| keywords | assault break in business partner chichen itza coach cozumel estranged mother frame gamble injured kill let her go morning nightclub owner on the beach point shaving run away security guard shave shaved points spoiled brat turn |
| musicBy | Larry Carlton |
| producer | Taylor Hackford William S. Gilmore |
| productionCompany | Columbia-Delphi Productions New Visions |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| recordedAt | Los Angeles Mexico |
| theme | neo-noir romantic drama romantic thriller |