Odds Against Tomorrow
Odds Against Tomorrow

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Dave Burke looks to hire two men to assist him in a bank raid: Earle Slater, a white ex-convict, and Johnny Ingram, a Black gambler. Both are reluctant, but Burke arranges for Ingram's creditors to pressure him, while Slater feels humiliated by his failure to provide for his girlfriend; they eventually accept. But Slater loathes and despises Black people, and the tensions in the gang rapidly mount.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Odds Against Tomorrow:

Robert Ryan
Harry Belafonte
Ed Begley
Shelley Winters
Gloria Grahame
Will Kuluva

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Dave Burke looks to hire two men to assist him in a bank raid: Earle Slater, a white ex-convict, and Johnny Ingram, a Black gambler. Both are reluctant, but Burke arranges for Ingram's creditors to pressure him, while Slater feels humiliated by his failure to provide for his girlfriend; they eventually accept. But Slater loathes and despises Black people, and the tensions in the gang rapidly mount.

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Creative Loafing - 9/10 by Matt BrunsonHere's a nifty slice of noir that not only was filmed in black-and-white but also focuses on black and white.
Variety - 9/10 by Variety StaffDirector Robert Wise has drawn fine performances from his players. It is the most sustained acting Belafonte has done. Ryan makes the flesh crawl as the fanatical bigot.
Ozus' World Movie Reviews - 7/10 by Dennis SchwartzA powerful film noir that underscores socially conscious issues.
User Review - 10/10 by Tom HSuperb film noir with finely drawn characters and a deliberate but engrossing build-up. Harry Belafonte and Robert Ryan play two sides to the same coin, and each elicits a performance so layered that they are at once sympathetic and unlikeable at times. Ed Begley, as the shopworn ex-cop looking for his own slice of the American Dream maintains just the right level of neutrality, likability, and ruthlessness to keep these two from tearing each other's throat out. Coming a year after Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil," it's proof that in 1959, the noir genre still wasn't dead, and multi-genre super-director Robert Wise does a masterful job of keeping the pace fluid and straddling the edge between taking sides. Ryan was one of the best badasses of his time, and Belafonte proves his acting chops with flying colors.
User Review - 10/10 by Joe GThis grim little heist film is Noir at it's best. Ed Begley, Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, and Shelley Winters star. Look for a young Wayne Rogers in a cameo.
User Review - 10/10 by Scott Rgreat noir and more from the great Robert Wise who I once met
User Review - 10/10 by Martin TTen years after The Set-Up, Robert Wise and Robert Ryan team up for another brilliant noir. Two down-on-their-luck guys are driven to bank robbery by desperate circumstances. Complicating matters is that one is a bigot (Ryan) and one is black (Harry Belafonte). As a late-period noir, there are some apparent differences. Although the production code is still in effect, you can see it starting to bend, with overt references to rape and orgies, and a blatantly homosexual character (about as blatant as you could be in 1959, anyway). There also isn't the high-contrast photography characteristic of noir. Instead, Wise (and cinematographer Joseph C. Brun) beautifully paints the screen in shades of gray, appropriate for the more nuanced aura of the story. Ryan, one of the most underappreciated actors, is at his very best. Belafonte is absolutely wonderful, hip and charming but also dark, and with his own set of prejudices. It seems he was more willing to take chances than his friend and contemporary, Sidney Poitier. There's also a fine roster of excellent supporting actors, including Ed Begley, Shelley Winters, Gloria Grahame (looking very, um, tempting in her bra), Kim Hamilton and a brief appearance by young Wayne Rogers ("Trapper John" from the M*A*S*H show). I also have to mention the amazing avant-garde score by Jazz Hall of Famer John Lewis, and the striking use of sound design, often bridging scenes with a particular sound effect. Another sign of the times: scattered references to atom bombs. The film's climax even evokes a post-nuclear landscape, and suggests that racism has no place in an atomic age. The film is grim, claustrophobic, gripping, sharp, and damn near perfectly executed. I'm trying of think of anything bad to say about it and coming up blank.
User Review - 10/10 by Private UThis was a good film noir that was pretty frank in its race relations at that time. Kind of took awhile before the heist started, but it was still enjoyable.
User Review - 8/10 by Steven Sthis is a very underrated film noir. robert wise's capable direction combined with 4 very strong performances (including my favorite noir actor robert ryan) make this a real hidden gem. there is a lot of racial tension and commentary, a relative rarity for 59 which really helps to drive the plot
User Review - 8/10 by Tim SBelafonte and Ryan have strong characters, Ed Begley's great. Jazz score sets the mood.

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