Paul Valentine

Against All Odds -- A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and the twists start to appear.

Against All Odds -- A dangerous love triangle develops when a shady nightclub owner hires an ex-football player to findhis runaway girlfriend.

Dark passions explode in this steamy, sinister love story starring Rachel Ward and Jeff Bridges. Terry Brogan (Bridges), a cynical ex-football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler (Ward), the runaway mistress of a ruthless L.A. nightclub owner, Jake Wise (James Woods). According to Jake, Jessie had stabbed him and vanished with $50,000. But Terry's mission is soon forgotten when he tracks down andfalls in love with the beautiful Jessie on a Mexican island. Trouble brews, however, when Jake dispatches his henchman, Hank Sully (Alex Karras), to bring the lovers back. Driven by passion for the mysterious young woman, Terry quickly finds himself trapped in a complex web of corruption, betrayal,and murder. Packed with riveting excitement and vivid sensuality, Against All Odds grabs you and never lets go.

A dangerous love triangle develops when a shady nightclub owner hires an ex-football player to findhis runaway girlfriend.

A dangerous love triangle develops when a shady nightclub owner hires an ex-football player to findhis runaway girlfriend.

A dangerous love triangle develops when a shady nightclub owner hires an ex-football player to findhis runaway girlfriend.

A gangster hires an ex-football player to find his girlfriend. When he finds her, they fall in love, and tragedy strikes with boundless deceit and corruption.

Murder, illicit sex, prostitution: a 1940s Los Angeles detective hounds his brother, a priest who has heard confessions about a pious pimp's tie to a grisly killing.

Murder, illicit sex, prostitution: a 1940s Los Angeles detective hounds his brother, a priest who has heard confessions about a pious pimp's tie to a grisly killing.

All-star musical follows Steve Martin as a womanizing sheet-music salesman who's married to hapless Jessica Harper but carries on an affair with a schoolteacher.

All-star musical follows Steve Martin as a womanizing sheet-music salesman who's married to hapless Jessica Harper but carries on an affair with a schoolteacher.

All-star musical follows Steve Martin ("Bowfinger," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "Father of the Bride") as a womanizing sheet-music salesman who's married to hapless Jessica Harper ("My Favorite Year") but carries on an affair with a schoolteacher, Tony-winner Bernadette Peters ("Annie"). Set during the Depression, it features lyp-synced songs from the greats of that era, including Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. Also stars Oscar-winner Christopher Walken ("The Deer Hunter," "Brainstorm," "The Dead Zone"). Produced and directed by Oscar-nominee Herbert Ross ("The Vanishing Point," "The Sunshine Boys") with stunning black and white cinematography by Oscar-nominee Gordon Willis ("The Godfather," "Annie Hall"). Based on the successful British TV series by Dennis Potter whose adapted script earned an Oscar-nomination.