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The Set-Up

I want a man … not a human punching bag!

1949 · NR · 1h 13m

Directed by Robert Wise

7.4

TMDB audience score
187 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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)

  • Burman Bodel
    Man (uncredited)

  • John Butler
    Blind Man's Buddy (uncredited)