Against All Odds is a 1984 English-language Action Adventure motion picture directed by Taylor Hackford and produced by William S. Gilmore and Taylor Hackford under the banner of New Visions in collaboration with Columbia-Delphi Productions. Terry Brogan, an aging football player in L.A., is cut early in the season; he needs money, so he takes a job from a shady friend of his, Jake Wise, to track down Wise's girlfriend, Jessie, who's somewhere in Mexico. She's also the daughter of a very wealthy land developer, who owns Terry's team. He heads for Cozumel, finds Jessie, and promptly falls in love with her. He thinks it's mutual, then without warning, she heads back to L.A. and Jake. What's going on with her, and what's the connection between Jake's hold on Jessie and the various politicians, lawyers, and environmentalists who m to be converging on some sort of land deal? Terry keeps looking for answers. Written by. Against all odds stars Rachel Ward, Jeff Bridges, James Woods, Alex Karras, Jane Greer, Richard Widmark and Peter Schott. The screenplay is written by Eric Hughes which is inspired from Out of the Past by Daniel Mainwaring. The music was composed by Michel Colombier along with Larry Carlton. Cinematography was done by Donald E. Thorin and editing by Fredric Steinkamp and William Steinkamp. The film has a running time of 121 minutes. It was released on 2nd March 1984. The Film was successful at box office. Against All Odds was made on a budget of $13 million and it was a hit at box office gross of $21 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Columbia Pictures.