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The Set-Up is a 1949 American film noir boxing drama directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. The screenplay was adapted by Art Cohn from a 1928 narrative poem of the same name by Joseph Moncure March.
A boxing manager betrays his fighter by taking bribes from a gambling gangster. The film follows the fighter's last fight in real time, with a tense and atmospheric style.
- (10K)
- Crime, Film-Noir, Sport
- Robert Wise
- 1949-04-02
Robert Ryan stars as an aging boxer who refuses to throw his last fight in this hard-boiled drama inspired by a poem. Watch the trailer, photos, and reviews of this 1949 RKO Radio Pictures film on Turner Classic Movies.
- Robert Wise, Edward Killy
- Robert Ryan
Oscar-nominee Robert Ryan ("Crossfire") stars in this unique narrative covering only 72 minutes in the life of an over-the-hill boxer.
Find out how and where to watch "The Set Up" online on Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+ today – including 4K and free options.
- (85)
- Williams Uzor Arukwe
- Niyi Akinmolayan
- 16
A boxer on the wane, Bill "Stoker" Thompson (Robert Ryan) is determined to stay in the game, in spite of his wife, Julie (Audrey Totter), who wants him to leave the...
- (13)
- Drama
The Set-Up (1949) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.