Odds against tomorrow / HarBel presents ; a United Artists release ; screenplay by Abraham Polonsky and Nelson Gidding ; directed and produced by Robert Wise.
Publisher:
Olive Films,
Copyright Date:
2018
Description:
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame. Originally released as a motion picture in 1959. Based on the novel by William P. McGivern.
Summary:
Earle Slater is a racist ex-con looking to make a quick buck. Johnny Ingram is a nightclub performer with gambling debts. Greed and shared rage against the world turn them into bitter allies when a disgraced ex-cop recruits them to pull a bank heist. But a pivotal moment will send both men toward a cataclysmic outcome that is anything but black and white.
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