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Veljko Bulajic (1928)
Stewart Stern (1922)
Wilfrid Brambell (1912)
Louis L'Amour (1908)
Overview
Review
Cast
Production Credits
Awards
Against All Odds
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Year
Run Time
1984
128 min.
Work Rating
Countries
MPAA Rating
USA
R
Category
Color Type
Feature
Color
Director
Taylor Hackford
Genres
Romance
Crime
Types
Post-Noir (Modern Noir)
Romantic Mystery
Flags
Not For Children
Violence
Nudity
Profanity
Keywords
car
English [nationality]
gangster
kill
loot
love
love-triangle
racing
rescue
romance
search
rubber-plantation
Themes
Femmes Fatales
Dangerous Attraction
Tones
Atmospheric
Moody
Sexy
Color type
Metrocolor
Film Basis
Mainwaring, Daniel,
Out Of The Past
From book
Build My Gallows High
Set In
Los Angeles, CA
Box office
$21,689,062
Produced by
Columbia Pictures
AMG Work ID
V 1205
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