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Against All Odds (1984)

R03/02/1984Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller2h 1m
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Sometimes love is the most dangerous game of all.

Overview

Having been cut from his professional football team, down-and-out athlete Terry Brogan is in desperate need of money. Crooked nightclub owner and bookie Jake Wise offers Terry a hefty sum to go to Mexico and find his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler. Terry cannot turn the offer down. When Terry locates Jessie, the two fall in love. Terry reports that he failed to find her, but Jake sends someone else. Terry and Jessie's love must endure unexpected twists.

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    Jeff Bridges

    Terry Brogan

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    Rachel Ward

    Jessie Wyler

  3. Cast 1

    James Woods

    Jake Wise

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    Alex Karras

    Hank Sully

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    Jane Greer

    Mrs. Wyler

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    Richard Widmark

    Ben Caxton

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    Dorian Harewood

    Tommy

  8. Cast 1

    Swoosie Kurtz

    Edie

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    Saul Rubinek

    Steve Kirsch

_**Yucatan bliss and Los Angeles thrills**_ An NFL player loses his place on the team in Los Angeles (Jeff Bridges) and is hired by a shady nightclub owner (James Woods) to find his lover who took his money and ran off to the Yucatan coast (Rachel Ward). Richard Widmark shows up as the arrogant owner of the team. “Against All Odds” (1984) is part island adventure/romance and part big city crime thriller. Woods is great as the smirking antagonist while Bridges and Ward are in their physical prime. The Yucatan section is in ways similar to “The Deep” (1977) while the big city part is sorta...

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