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Odds Against Tomorrow Harry Belafonte starred in and produced Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), the first film noir with a black protagonist. Belafonte selected Abraham Polonsky who had written and directed a famous noir, Force of Evil, to write the script. As a blacklisted writer Polonsky used a front, John O. Killens, a black novelist and friend of Belafonte's. (In 1997, the Writers Guild of America officially restored Polonsky's credit.) The film is based on a novel by William P. McGivern. Oscar-winner Robert Wise directed.
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