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Against All Odds is a 1984 American neo-noir romantic thriller film directed by Taylor Hackford and starring Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges and James Woods alongside Jane Greer, Alex Karras, Richard Widmark and Dorian Harewood. The film is an adaptation of the 1946 novel Build My Gallows High by Daniel Mainwaring.
"Against All Odds" was created explicitly for the movie, [11] although it was based on an earlier unreleased song Collins had written in 1981. Hackford, who previously used a song for the 1982 American drama film An Officer and a Gentleman, planned the same for the neo-noir 1984 film Against All Odds, [11] which is a remake of Out of the Past.
1984: Against All Odds: Taylor Hackford: Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark, Swoosie Kurtz, Saul Rubinek: United States [46] Asphalt Warriors: Sergio Gobbi: Daniel Auteuil, Marisa Berenson, Marcel Bozzuffi: France [47] Blood Simple: Joel Coen: John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya: United States ...
In 1984, she played Jess in the film noir remake Against All Odds, with Jeff Bridges. After filming Fortress in 1985, Ward then disappeared from film for a few years to study acting. She reappeared in 1987 playing opposite her husband, Bryan Brown (whom she met on the set of The Thorn Birds), in The Umbrella Woman.
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 13 Angel: New World Pictures: Robert Vincent O'Neill (director/screenplay); Joseph Michael Cala (screenplay); Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun, Donna Wilkes, John Diehl, Elaine Giftos, Mel Carter, David Underwood, Ken Olfson, Peter Jason, Ross Hagen, Dick Valentine, Marc Hayashi, Bob Gorman, Todd Hoffman ...
Some of his film work includes disaster film Gray Lady Down (1978), [3] action drama Tank (1984), [4] and sci-fi flick Solar Crisis (1990). [10] In Against All Odds (1984), he appeared as a football player, and was Timothy Hutton's coworker in The Falcon and the Snowman (1985). [12]
In 1984, she was cast in Against All Odds, a remake of Out of the Past, as the mother of the character she had played in 1947. In 1952, Greer obtained a release from her contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios. She said, "When there is a good role at MGM, the producers want Lana or Ava. There is no chance for another actress to develop into ...
Against All Odds, a lost 1924 American silent Western film; Against All Odds, American video title of a 1968 British crime film otherwise known as The Blood of Fu Manchu; Against All Odds, a 1984 American film starring Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges and James Woods Against All Odds, the soundtrack from the movie