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The Set-Up

Name: The Set-Up
Director: Robert Wise
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1949
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

1949 · Directed by Robert Wise · 73 min · Drama · Crime · 15 frames

Tagline

I want a man … not a human punching bag!

Crew

Screenplay: Robert Wise, Art Cohn
Written by: Joseph Moncure March
Cinematography: Milton Krasner
Edited by: Roland Gross
Produced by: Richard Goldstone, Dore Schary

Cast

Robert Ryan as Stoker
Audrey Totter as Julie
George Tobias as Tiny
Alan Baxter as Little Boy
Wallace Ford as Gus
Percy Helton as Red
Hal Baylor as Tiger Nelson
Darryl Hickman as Shanley
Kevin O'Morrison as Moore
James Edwards as Luther Hawkins

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: RKO Radio Pictures
Themes: transporter, sports, gambling, boxer, film noir, boxing

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