Film
The Set-Up
1949 · 1h 13m · Drama · Crime
I want a man … not a human punching bag!
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- 7.8
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 85%
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Overview
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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Cast
Robert Ryan
Stoker
Audrey Totter
Julie
George Tobias
Tiny
Alan Baxter
Little Boy
Wallace Ford
Gus
Percy Helton
Red
Hal Baylor
Tiger Nelson
Darryl Hickman
Shanley
Kevin O'Morrison
Moore
James Edwards
Luther Hawkins
David Clarke
Gunboat Johnson
Phillip Pine
Souza
Edwin Max
Danny
Herbert Anderson
Husband (uncredited)
Larry Anzalone
Mexican Fighter (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley
Cafe Patron (uncredited)
Crew
- Robert WiseDirector · Screenplay
- Art CohnScreenplay
- Joseph Moncure MarchWriter
- Richard GoldstoneProducer
- Dore ScharyProducer
- Milton KrasnerDirector of Photography
- Roland GrossEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- March 29, 1949
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Drama, Crime
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