Against All Odds
Against All Odds is a 1984 American neo-noir romantic 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 is released by his team, the Outlaws. Aging, injured and in need of money, he is contacted by an old acquaintance, gambler and nightclub owner Jake Wise. Jake wants Terry to locate his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler, who also happens to be the daughter of the Outlaws' owner. Terry is reluctant to take on the job, but needs the money and knows Wise is capable of blackmailing him for a point-shaving incident.
More details
author | Eric Hughes |
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contentLocation | Los Angeles |
director | Taylor Hackford |
editor | Fredric Steinkamp William Steinkamp |
genre | crime drama thriller |
keywords | blackmail break in business partner chichen itza coach cozumel estranged mother force frame gamble injured kill learn nightclub owner security guard 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 |