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2 March 1984 (USA) moreTagline:
She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives. morePlot:
A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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From Evil to Spoiled moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Rachel Ward | ... | Jessie Wyler | |
| Jeff Bridges | ... | Terry Brogan | |
| James Woods | ... | Jake Wise | |
| Alex Karras | ... | Hank Sully | |
| Jane Greer | ... | Mrs. Grace Wyler | |
| Richard Widmark | ... | Ben Caxton | |
| Dorian Harewood | ... | Tommy | |
| Swoosie Kurtz | ... | Edie | |
| Saul Rubinek | ... | Steve Kirsch | |
| Pat Corley | ... | Ed Phillips | |
| Bill McKinney | ... | Head Coach Stassen | |
| Allen Williams | ... | Bob Soames | |
| Sam Scarber | ... | Assistant Coach Sam | |
| Jon St. Elwood | ... | Ahmad Cooper | |
| Tamara Stafford | ... | Kirsch's Girlfriend |
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128 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Singapore:M18 | USA:R (Certificate #27136) | UK:15 (theatrical rating) | UK:18 (video rating) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1984) | Peru:18 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:12Fun Stuff
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Jeff Bridges was initially director Taylor Hackford's preferred choice for the lead in An Officer and a Gentleman (1982), but Bridges had a packed schedule that particular year (he starred in three big movies) and had to turn it down. Hackford kept Bridges in mind when creating the character of 'Terry Brogan' for this movie. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In "The Palace" scene where "Kid Creole & the Coconuts" are performing, Terry leaves the main floor and goes into Jake's office. The song playing in the background "Curiosity" skips a beat when heard muffled in Jake's office. moreSoundtrack:
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Against All Odds is an less than effective remake of Out of the Past that RKO noir classic that starred Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas and Rhonda Fleming. Not that the players in this film are bad, far from it. But the whole basic structure of the story was completely changed.
What made Out of the Past the classic it is, is the moody tension and overwhelming sadness surrounding the leading characters. Most of all Jane Greer who is an evil temptress beyond description bringing death and destruction to all around her.
Jane Greer is in this film, but as the mother of Rachel Ward who plays the part Greer had in the original. Ward in this one is just a spoiled young woman who runs off with bookie James Woods to upset mom and then runs off with him.
Greer is the owner of a professional football team in Los Angeles which she runs with her high priced fixer of a lawyer Richard Widmark. I think they're characters are modeled on Joan Payson who was the original owner of the New York Mets and M. Donald Grant who was reputed to be the hard character Widmark portrays.
Anyway Jeff Bridges gets into the act when he's cut from Greer's team and goes to work for Woods trying to locate Ward. The rest of the film is pretty much following the plot of Out of the Past until the ending which is completely different. Remember how everyone ended up in the RKO film and the same doesn't happen to most of them.
Still it's not a bad film, but Against All Odds just won't be a classic.