Wenig Chancen für morgen

Originaltitel: Odds Against Tomorrow

1959
16
1 Std. 36 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

5744

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Harry Belafonte, Gloria Grahame, and Robert Ryan in Wenig Chancen für morgen (1959)

Dave Burke hires two very different debt-burdened men for a bank robbery. Suspicion and prejudice threaten to end their partnership.

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Caper Crime Drama Thriller

Dave Burke engagiert zwei sehr unterschiedliche schuldenbelastete Männer für einen Banküberfall. Misstrauen und Vorurteile drohen ihre Partnerschaft zu beenden.Dave Burke engagiert zwei sehr unterschiedliche schuldenbelastete Männer für einen Banküberfall. Misstrauen und Vorurteile drohen ihre Partnerschaft zu beenden.Dave Burke engagiert zwei sehr unterschiedliche schuldenbelastete Männer für einen Banküberfall. Misstrauen und Vorurteile drohen ihre Partnerschaft zu beenden.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,4/10

5744

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 1 Nominierung insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Harry Belafonte starred in this, the first film-noir with a black protagonist. Belafonte selected Abraham Polonsky, who had written and directed a famous noir, "Die Macht des Bösen (1948)," to write the script. As a blacklisted writer Polonsky used a front, John O. Killens, a black novelist and friend of Belafonte's (In 1997, the Writers Guild of America officially restored Polonsky's credit).

Wenig Chancen für morgen (1959) is often acknowledged as one of the last films to appear in the film-noir cycle which reached its height in the post-World War II era. However, this crime thriller is much more complex than the standard genre entry. While it's certainly gritty and downbeat in the best noir tradition, it also works as an allegory about greed as well as a cautionary tale about man's propensity for self-destruction.

Patzer
As Slater first drives the souped-up Chevy wagon, he grinds the gears. Later, as the speedometer climbs to 100 mph, the left side of the Powerglide shift quadrant is seen on the steering column. Automatic transmissions don't make gear-grinding noises.

Zitate
Kitty: [after kissing Ingram] That's good. But it was better when you wanted it.

Verbindungen
Featured in Film Review: Robert Wise (1967)

Soundtracks
My Baby's Not Around
Written by Harry Belafonte and Milton Okun
Performed by Harry Belafonte

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Rezension

Ausgewählte Rezension

8/10

Beat the odds

Odds Against Tomorrow is a sharp little Black-and-White noir caper movie. Robert Ryan is very good as a southern accented hateful bigot. He's teamed with the sharp dressed, compulsive gambler Harry Belafonte. Belafonte financed the movie. No doubt that's why the bouncy jazz soundtrack is so good. The movie's pairing of the two builds to an explosive finale following the heist that goes about as wrong as it could. Also starring Ed Begley is the leader of the gang. He's also excellent as the one man keeping the caper on track and keeping the two crooks from killing each other.

Here's what Begley says after one of Ryan's racial slurs:

"Don't beat out that Civil War jazz here, Slater! We're all in this together, each man equal. And we're taking care of each other. It's one big play, our one and only chance to grab stakes forever. And I don't want to hear what your grandpappy thought on the old farm down in Oklahoma! You got it?"

A worthwhile caper for fans of noir or Belafonte.

Influenced by the more comic The Asphalt Jungle