The Set-Up (1949)

Crime, Drama, General Film, Sports

Director: Robert Wise

Writer(s): Art Cohn (screenplay), Joseph Moncure March (poem)

Starring: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Hal Baylor, Darryl Hickman, Kevin O’Morrison, James Edwards, David Clarke, Phillip Pine, Edwin Max, Herbert Anderson, Larry Anzalone, Phil Bloom, Burman Bodel, Herman Boden, Ruth Brennan, Helen Brown, John Butler, Andy Carillo, Lillian Castle, Jack Chase, Noble ‘Kid’ Chissell, Bud Cokes, Heinie Conklin, Gene Delmont, Abe Dinovitch, Paul Dubov, Arthur ‘Weegee’ Fellig, Dan Foster, David Fresco, Joseph Glick, Bernard Gorcey, Vincent Graeff, William E. Green, Bobby Henshaw, John Indrisano, Michael Jeffers, Maxine Johnston, Dick Johnstone, Donald Kerr, Jess Kirkpatrick, Joseph La Cava, Mike Lally, Richard LaMarr, Archie Leonard, Frances Mack, Dwight Martin, William McCarter, Mathew McCue, Walter Merrill, Lynn Millan, Frank Mills, Ben Moselle, Tommy Noonan, Anton Northpole, William J. O’Brien, Brian O’Hara, Jack Perry, Jack Raymond, Al Rhein, Frank Richards, Walter Ridge, Tony Roux, Sammy Shack, Carl Sklover, Emmett Smith, Everett Smith, Billy Snyder, Ray Spiker, Jack Stoney, Arthur Sullivan, Brick Sullivan, Charles Sullivan, Harry Tenbrook, Ralph Volkie, Charles Wagenheim, Gay Waters, Constance Worth

Synopsis: Because aging boxer Bill Thompson always lost his past fights, his corrupt manager, without telling Thompson, takes bribes from a betting gangster, to ensure Thompson’s pre-arranged dive-loss in the next match.

Release Date: April 2, 1949 (USA) | Length: 73 min | Genre: Crime, Drama, Sport | MPAA Rating: Unknown