Odds Against Tomorrow (DVD + Blu-ray) (1959)
Manufacturer Code : BFIB1263
Release Date: 24 October 2016
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Odds Against Tomorrow (DVD + Blu-ray)
A film by Robert Wise
Directed by four-time Oscar®-winner Robert Wise (I Want to Live!, West Side Story, Odds Against Tomorrow is a high-suspense story of a daring heist gone awry.
Embittered ex-cop Dave Burke (Ed Begley) enlists ruthless killer Earle Slater (Robert Ryan, The Dirty Dozen) and gambling musician Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte) to rob an upstate New York bank. Trouble unfolds however when, fuelled by racist hatred, Earle clashes with Johnny and the planned heist spirals into chaos, leading to a violent climactic confrontation.
With its exceptional jazz score, acerbic social commentary and atmospheric visual style, Odds Against Tomorrow is a high point in the Film Noir canon, and one of the most important films of its era to address racism.
Special features
Presented in both High Definition and Standard Definition
Original theatrical trailer
Odds Against Tomorrow post-screening Q&A with Harry Belafonte (2009, 50 mins): an in-depth interview filmed at the Noir City: Chicago film festival
Adrian Wootton on Odds Against Tomorrow (2016, 30 mins): a newly filmed appreciation
The Guardian Interview: Robert Wise at the National Film Theatre (1995, 74 mins): a career-spanning onstage interview
The John Player Lecture: Robert Ryan at the National Film Theatre (1969, 63 mins): the actor talks at length about his craft
Illustrated booklet with new writing by Tega Okiti, and full film credits