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Jun 1, 2022 · Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) is a devastating example of Wise’s talents. It’s film noir of the bleakest order, punctuated by a series of aesthetic risks and experimental choices. Its harshness is impossible to overstate, and while Orson Welles gets the credit for ending noir the year before with Touch of Evil, Wise (Welles’ former editor ...
Odds Against Tomorrow: Directed by Robert Wise. With Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley. In need of quick money, a fallen former cop recruits a hard-bitten ex-con and a debt-ridden nightclub singer to pull off a bank job.
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- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Robert Wise
- 1959-11
8/10. Beat the odds. eifert 10 October 2004. Odds Against Tomorrow is a sharp little Black-and-White noir caper movie. Robert Ryan is very good as a southern accented hateful bigot. He's teamed with the sharp dressed, compulsive gambler Harry Belafonte. Belafonte financed the movie.
Odds Against Tomorrow. Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 American film noir produced and directed by Robert Wise and starring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan and Ed Begley. Belafonte selected Abraham Polonsky to write the script, which is based on a novel of the same name by William P. McGivern. Blacklisted in those years, Polonsky had to use a ...
Jan 22, 2024 · Odds Against Tomorrow was set up by actor and musician Harry Belafonte and was made by his production company. Is it the first film noir with a Black protagonist? This reviewer can’t think of another that preceded it. Basing it on a novel by William P. McGivern, Belafonte hired blacklisted Abraham Polonsky to write the screenplay.
Jan 8, 2024 · 1950s, Film Noir. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Date: January 8, 2024 Author: Mark E. Phillips 11 Comments. The late Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan and Ed Begley, Sr showcase their acting chops under the direction of Robert Wise in this dark, radical film shot on location in New York City and Hudson, NY. In addition to the three male leads, the ...
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Apr 15, 2021 · Right. The Last Picture Show is in my top 10 favorite movies. It is the ultimate ensemble cast. For me, it was Cloris Leachman that was the standout in a cast of standouts. But, yes, Ed Begley–I didn’t say enough about him, he is terrific in Odds Against Tomorrow. Like Liked by 1 person. Reply
