The Set-Up (1949)
I want a man … not a human punching bag!
Starring Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Directed by Robert Wise
Stoker Thompson is a 35-year-old has-been boxer. His once-promising fighting career has come crashing to the end. Tiny, Stoker's manager, is sure he will continue to lose fights, so he takes money for a 'dive' from a mobster, but is so sure that Thompson will lose that he doesn't tell the boxer about the set-up. At the beginning of the last round of the vicious boxing match he learns of the fix.
Runtime: 73 min.
Rating: 7.3
DVD
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Genres: Crime,Drama
Keywords: gambling,transporter,boxer,sports,noir,boxing
Cast
Stoker
Julie
Tiny
Little Boy
Gus
Red
Tiger Nelson
Shanley
Moore
Luther Hawkins
Gunboat Johnson
Souza
Danny
Kyle Miller