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Actors: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Odds Against Tomorrow |
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ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW was written by Abraham Polonsky and directed by Robert Wise in 1959.
Ex-cop Dave Burke wants to hire two men to assist him in the bank raid he's preparing. He offers the job first to Earle Slater, an ex-convict who doesn't want to be supported by his girl-friend Lorry. Burke also asks the black singer Johnny Ingram to be part of the team. Johnny is a gambler who happens to owe $7,500 to a criminal named Bacco.
At first reluctant, Slater and Ingram finally accept the job and meet in Burke's apartment. But Burke hasn't anticipated that Slater has an open hatred for blacks. The hold-up fails and Burke is killed. Hunted by the police but unable to control their mutual hatred, Slater and Ingram start to fire on each other during one of the most dramatic final scenes of the history of movies.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Odds Against Tomorrow |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- criminals killing each other
- armed robbers!
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- gambler
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Black
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) fat
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- unemployed
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
unclothed?
- chest
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- explicit references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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