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Author:

Odds against tomorrow (Motion picture)

Title:

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.

Subject:

Criminals--Drama.
Bank robberies--Drama.
Racism--Drama.
Bank robberies.
Criminals.
Racism.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film noir.
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Film noir.

Other Authors:

HarBel Productions, copyright holder. copyright holder.
Olive Films, copyright holder. distributor, copyright holder.
Wise, Robert, 1914-2005, film producer. film producer.
Polonsky, Abraham, screenwriter.
Gidding, Nelson, screenwriter.
Belafonte, Harry, 1927- actor.
Ryan, Robert, 1909-1973, actor.
Winters, Shelley, actor.
Begley, Ed, 1901-1970, actor.
Grahame, Gloria, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): McGivern, William P. Odds against tomorrow.

Notes:

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1038534630

UPC:

887090141512

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)