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Against All Odds is a 1984 film, a remake of Out of the Past
. It was directed by Taylor Hackford and starred Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark and Dorian Harewood.

The movie's soundtrack, nominated for a Grammy Award, featured songs from Big Country, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Stevie Nicks, Peter Gabriel, and Phil Collins. Collins sang the title song, which was also nominated for an Academy Award and was one of the top-selling singles of 1984.

Plot summary

Terry Brogan, an aging football player in Los Angeles, is cut early in the season; he needs money, so he takes a job from a friend of his, Jake Wise, to track down his girlfriend, Jessie Wyler, who's somewhere in Mexico. She's also the daughter of a very wealthy land developer who owns Terry's team. He heads for Cozumel, finds Jessie, and promptly falls in love with her. He thinks it's mutual, then without warning, she heads back to Los Angeles and Jake. What's going on with her, and what's the connection between Jake's hold on Jessie and the various politicians, lawers, environmentalists who seem to be converging on some sort of land deal? Terry keeps looking for answers.

Tagline: She was a beautiful fugitive. Fleeing from corruption. From power. He was a professional athlete past his prime. Hired to find her, he grew to love her. Love turned to obsession. Obsession turned to murder. And now the price of freedom might be nothing less than their lives.

Main cast

Rachel Ward
- Jessie Wyler
Jeff Bridges
- Terry Brogan
James Woods
- Jake Wise
Alex Karras
- Hank Sully
Jane Greer
- Mrs. Grace Wyler
Richard Widmark
- Ben Caxton
Dorian Harewood
- Tommy
Swoosie Kurtz
- Edie
Saul Rubinek
- Steve Kirsch

Trivia

The film featured cameo appearances by stars of Out of the Past for which the film is based. Jane Greer, who was the star of Out of the Past plays Rachel Ward's mother. Paul Valentine, who played hood Joe Stephanos in the first film, played a councilman in Against All Odds.

Jane Greer and Jeff Bridges worked previously together in another film. In 1950, Bridges played a baby in the arms of Greer in 1950 film, The Company She Keeps

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Movies - Against All Odds

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