Odds Against Tomorrow

About Odds Against Tomorrow

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

Odds Against Tomorrow is a 1959 crime thriller film directed by Robert Wise. At 96 minutes long, it arrived in October 1959.

Its themes are film noir, explosive, nightclub singer, and hold-up robbery. The story is adapted from a novel.

Robert Ryan takes the lead as Earle Slater, Harry Belafonte as Johnny Ingram, Ed Begley as Dave Burke, and Shelley Winters as Lorry. The screenplay is by Abraham Polonsky and Nelson Gidding. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and ScreenPix Amazon Channel.

The Town, The Night of the Hunter, and The Killing make useful companions to Odds Against Tomorrow, all filed under heist. TMDB voters put it at 6.9 out of 10 across 100 votes and it carries a NR rating.