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The Set-Up (1949)  link to The Set-Up on IMDb  

Number: 3187

poster The Set-Up

IMDb Rating:
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7.9/10 (6831 votes)

Country: USA, 73 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Crime, Sport, Film-Noir

Director(s): Robert Wise

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
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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Cast:

photo Robert Ryan Robert Ryan Stoker
photo Audrey Totter Audrey Totter Julie
photo George Tobias George Tobias Tiny
photo Alan Baxter Alan Baxter Little Boy
photo Wallace Ford Wallace Ford Gus

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3