The Set-Up
- IMDb link: 0041859
- IMDb rating: 7.8 (11,201 votes) Search
- Genres: Crime, Sport, Film-Noir
- Director: Robert Wise
- Cast: Robert Ryan, George Tobias, Audrey Totter, Alan Baxter and others
- Release date: 2 Apr 1949
- Release year: 1949
- Runtime: 73 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: betting fraud, real time, fixed fight, year 1938, hoodlum, boxing manager, boxing trainer, betrayal, boxing sport, combat sport
Plot:
Over-the-hill boxer Bill 'Stoker' Thompson insists he can still win, though his wife Julie pleads with him to quit. But his manager Tiny is so confident he will lose, he takes money for a "dive" from tough gambler Little Boy...without bothering to tell Stoker. Tension builds as Stoker hopes to "take" Tiger Nelson, unaware of what will happen to him if he does.
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