The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949 | 1h 15m | Crime, Drama | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

An aging heavyweight boxer is ordered by gangsters to throw his last fight, but he refuses to give up—even as his wife begs him to stop.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Robert Earl Wise

CAST

Robert Ryan

Audrey Totter

George Tobias

Alan Baxter

Wallace Ford

PRODUCERS

Richard Goldstone

WRITERS

Art Cohn

Host Intros

02:07
Michael Feinstein Intro -- The Set-Up (1949)
Intro Aired: Aug 2016
Guest host Michael Feinstein introduces The Set-Up, 1949.
04:56
Noir Alley: Eddie Muller Intro -- The Set-Up (1949)
Intro Aired: Apr 2017
Noir Alley host Eddie Muller introduces The Set-Up, 1949.

Related Videos

Set-Up, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Everybody Makes Book On Something
Clip
Philosophical low-rent boxers, Stoker (Robert Ryan), pre-fight in the locker room, with delusional Gunboat (David Clarke), Gus (Wallace Ford), Tony (Philip Pine) and Mickey (David Fresco), in Robert Wise's The Set-Up, 1949.
Set-Up, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Eggs In The Coffee
Clip
From the opening scenes, manager Tiny (George Tobias) planning with Danny (Edwin Max) to throw a boxing match, trainer Red (Percy Helton) suggesting they should tell their fighter, in Robert Wise's The Set-Up, 1949.
Set-Up, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Always Be Just One Punch Away
Clip
First scene for itinerant boxer Stoker (Robert Ryan) and wife Julie (Audrey Totter), both unaware that his fight that night is being fixed, early in Robert Wise's The Set-Up, 1949.
Set-Up, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Go Home Early
Clip
Two sections of Julie (Audrey Totter) on her long walk, skipping the fight, in between husband Stoker (Robert Ryan) in the locker room with defeated Tony (Philip Pine), Mickey (David Fresco) and Luther (James Edwards), in Robert Wise's The Set-Up, 1949.

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