The Set-Up

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-04-02

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

73 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (5309 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Wise

Genres:

Film-Noir Sport

Cast:

Robert Ryan Audrey Totter George Tobias Alan Baxter

Writer:

Art Cohn (screenplay)

Joseph Moncure March (from the poem by)

Fullplot:

Over-the-hill boxer Bill 'Stoker' Thompson insists he can still win, though his sexy wife Julie pleads with him to quit. But his manager Tiny is so confident he will lose, he takes money for a "dive" from tough gambler Little Boy...without bothering to tell Stoker. Tension builds as Stoker hopes to "take" Tiger Nelson, unaware of what will happen to him if he does.

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