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The Set-Up

The Set-Up

1949
1 hr 13 min
7.326
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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  • John Chard

    Don't you see Bill? You are always just one punch away. The Set-Up is directed by Robert Wise and stars Robert Ryan & Audrey Totter. The screenplay was adapted by Art Cohn from a 1928 poem written by Joseph Moncure March. The story (played out ...

  • griggs79

    Solid little noir with a great sense of place—sweaty gyms, grimy streets, and a ticking clock that adds real tension. The boxing scenes pack a punch and the mood’s properly bleak. It’s not top-tier stuff, but at just over an hour, it doesn’t waste y...