---
title: 'Against All Odds (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Taylor Hackford'
released: '1984-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/against-all-odds-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086859/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Against All Odds (1984)

1984 · 119 min · Drama, Action, Romance, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

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. The novel was previously adapted as Out of the Past (1947), a film in which Greer played the femme fatale. The film's plot is about an aging American football star who is hired by a mobster to find his girlfriend.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Taylor Hackford](https://cinepixo.com/people/taylor-hackford)
- **Screenplay:** [Eric Hughes](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-hughes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Larry Carlton](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-carlton)
- **Director of Photography:** [Donald E. Thorin](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-e-thorin)
- **Editor:** [Fredric Steinkamp](https://cinepixo.com/people/fredric-steinkamp)

## Cast

- [Swoosie Kurtz](https://cinepixo.com/people/swoosie-kurtz)
- [Alex Karras](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-karras)
- [Bill McKinney](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-mckinney)
- [Pat Corley](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-corley)
- [Kid Creole and the Coconuts](https://cinepixo.com/people/kid-creole-and-the-coconuts)
- [Rachel Ward](https://cinepixo.com/people/rachel-ward)
- [James Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-woods)
- [Richard Widmark](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-widmark)
- [Jeff Bridges](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeff-bridges)
- [Ted White](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-white)
- [Dorian Harewood](https://cinepixo.com/people/dorian-harewood)
- [Paul Valentine](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-valentine)
- [Saul Rubinek](https://cinepixo.com/people/saul-rubinek)
- [Jane Greer](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-greer)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/against-all-odds-1984
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