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The movie's soundtrack, nominated for a Grammy Award, featured songs from Big Country, Kid Creole & the Coconuts, Stevie Nicks, and Genesis breakout stars Mike Rutherford, 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. Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1984 film, Against All Odds. ... The Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media has been awarded since 1960. ... For other uses, see Big Country (disambiguation). ... Kid Creole & the Coconuts is an American band created and led by August Darnell a. ... Stephanie Lynn Stevie Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer and songwriter, best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and a long solo career, which collectively have produced over twenty Top 40 hits. ... Genesis are an English rock band formed in 1967. ... Michael John Cleote Crawford Rutherford (born October 2, 1950 in Guildford, Surrey) is an English musician. ... Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... For other uses, see Phil Collins (disambiguation). ... The Academy Award for Best Song is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are songwriters and composers. ...

Tagline: Sometimes love is the most dangerous game of all. (see poster)
Trailer: 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.

Plot summary

Terry Brogan (Bridges), an aging pro football player, finds himself searching for the sexy and mysterious Jessie Wyler (Ward). "Jake might have a job for you", says Tommy dryly (played by Dorian Harewood) one of Jake's henchmen. Here's $15,000 right now - when you find her I'll give you the other twenty", says shady Jake Wise (Woods). "Why do you trust me with her anyhow?", asks Brogan. "Jessie hates football players", replies Jake. "The daughter of an owner, living with a bookie", observes Brogan. The blue skies and white sands of Cozumel serve as backdrop for Terry's search. Animal instinct is too powerful for the two as Terry and Jessie unexpectedly fall in love. Intuitively, Wise dispatches trainer Hank Sully (Alex Karras) to search for the two. "What the hell are we doing here?", laments Sully. Jessie flees the tiny island after a climactic altercation between the three. With the murder of Sully on both their hands, Terry heads back to the States, only to find Jessie back in the arms of Jake Wise. Wise coerces Brogan into another job - "it's dirty - but not so dirty you won't sleep nights...", says Wise. The elaborate frame is foiled with the help of Kirsch's secretary, the quirky Edie (played by Swoosie Kurtz). "That idiot football player has got us by the balls - What do you want??, asks Caxton during a cell phone conversation. "I want Jake slapped down - its that simple", replies Brogan. The showdown atop Wyler Canyon has Jake pitted against Terry. With Caxton and Tommy looking on, Jessie shoots Jake dead, her trembling hands holding the smoking revolver. Terry and Jessie remain forever in love...Against All Odds.

Cast

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

Rachel Ward Rachel Claire Ward, AM, (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12, 1957), granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley and of the cricketer Giles Baring, is an English actress (and more recently, a director) who has made most of her career in Australia. ... Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... Alexander George Karras, born July 15, 1935 in Gary, Indiana, is a former football player and actor who is best known for playing with the National Football Leagues Detroit Lions from 1958-1962 and 1964-1971. ... Jane Greer in Out of the Past (1947). ... Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death Richard Widmark (born December 26, 1914 in Sunrise, Minnesota) is an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. ... Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950 in Dayton, Ohio) is an Pan-American actor. ... Swoosie Kurtz (born September 6, 1944) is an American actress. ... Saul Rubinek (born July 2, 1948) is a German-born Canadian film actor, often cast as a shady professional. ...

Soundtrack

Main article: Against All Odds (soundtrack)

Against All Odds: Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack for the 1984 film, Against All Odds. ...

Production notes

• The film featured cameo appearances by stars of Out of the Past on 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.

External links

• Against All Odds at the Internet Movie Database.

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