Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Egyptian Theatre, Los Angeles
### ABOUT THE EVENT: 3:00pm | Doors open & Live piano performance 4:00pm | Introduction by Eddie Muller 4:10pm | **ODDS AGAINST TOMORROW** *Start times are approximate.* ### **ABOUT THE FILM:** Originally released October 12, 1959 Disgraced ex-cop Dave Burke (Ed Begley) masterminds a piece-of-cake bank robbery in upstate New York, but to pull it off he requires the cooperation of two dangerously mismatched cohorts: hot-headed redneck war veteran Earle Slater (Robert Ryan) and gambling addict jazzman Johnny Ingram (Harry Belafonte); their racist antagonism threatens to thwart a seemingly fool-proof plan. Silent producer Belafonte hired blacklisted screenwriter Abraham Polonsky to adapt William P. McGivern’s novel, specifically to subvert the sanctimony of THE DEFIANT ONES (1958), a “feel good” movie about racism. Robert Wise’s direction is as fresh and expressive as anything being done by the French New Wave of the period, and the score by John Lewis’ Modern Jazz Quartet is innovative and exhilarating. With vivid supporting performances by Shelley Winters, Kim Hamilton and Gloria Grahame. An all-time classic heist thriller—and much more. FORMAT: DCP DISTRIBUTOR: Park Circus COUNTRY: USA