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The Set-Up (1949)

Directed by Robert Wise

Sports | Film Noir | Drama

Overview

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

Rated NR | Length 73 minutes

Actors

Robert Ryan | Audrey Totter | George Tobias | Alan Baxter | Wallace Ford | Percy Helton | Hal Baylor | Darryl Hickman | Kevin O'Morrison | James Edwards | David Clarke | Phillip Pine | Edwin Max | Herbert Anderson | Larry Anzalone | Arthur Berkeley | Burman Bodel | John Butler | Noble Chissell | Bud Cokes | Heinie Conklin | Gene Delmont | Abe Dinovitch | Paul Dubov | Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig | Dan Foster | David Fresco | Joseph Glick | Bernard Gorcey | Vincent Graeff | William E. Green | Bobby Henshaw | John Indrisano | Michael Jeffers | Dick Johnstone | Donald Kerr | Jess Kirkpatrick | Joseph La Cava | Mike Lally | Richard LaMarr | Archie Leonard | Dwight Martin | William McCarter | Mathew McCue | Lynn Millan | Frank Mills | Ben Moselle | Tommy Noonan | Anton Northpole | William J. O'Brien | Brian O'Hara | Jack Perry | Jack Raymond | Frank Richards | Walter Ridge | Tony Roux | Sammy Shack | Carl Sklover | Emmett Smith | Billy Snyder | Ray Spiker | Harold J. Stone | Jack Stoney | Brick Sullivan | Harry Tenbrook | Charles Wagenheim | Constance Worth | Phil Bloom

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
09/18/2009TVBroadcastTV7 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Glad to catch up with the The Set-Up, 1949 Robert Wise film. Just terrific small film with amazing captures of emotions and faces, visceral & engaging. Another thanks to TCM. Solid noir.

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