Odds Against Tomorrow: Harry Belafonte’s Heist Turtleneck
Nick (luckystrike721) posted: " Vitals Harry Belafonte as Johnny Ingram, nightclub entertainer-turned-bandit Upstate New York, Spring 1959 Film: Odds Against Tomorrow Release Date: October 15, 1959 Director: Robert Wise Costume Designer: Anna Hill Johnstone WARNING! Spoil"
Harry Belafonte as Johnny Ingram, nightclub entertainer-turned-bandit
Upstate New York, Spring 1959
Film:Odds Against Tomorrow Release Date: October 15, 1959 Director: Robert Wise Costume Designer: Anna Hill Johnstone
WARNING! Spoilers ahead!
Background
Today is the first anniversary of Harry Belafonte's March 1, 1927 birthday since the multi-talented entertainer's death last April at the age of 96. In addition to a singing career that popularized Calypso music around the world and his tireless activism, Belafonte acted on screen in more than a dozen films spanning over 65 years.
One of Belafonte's standout performances is also from one of the coolest movies of the 1950s: Odds Against Tomorrow. This Robert Wise-directed film noir features Belafonte as Johnny Ingram, a New York nightclub entertainer whose gambling addiction leads to his recruitment into an upstate bank heist with ex-cop David Burke (Ed Begley) and bigoted career crook Earl Slater (Robert Ryan).
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