The Set-Up
Over-the-hill boxer Bill 'Stoker' Thompson insists he can still win, though his sexy 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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Film-Noir, Sport
1949
73 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : The Set-Up
- Duration : 73 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Art Cohn (screenplay), Joseph Moncure March (from the poem by)
- Directors : Robert Wise min
- Imdb : 7.8 (5309 votes)
- Tomatoes : 4 (1692 votes)
- Actors : Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter
Movie Storyline
Over-the-hill boxer Bill 'Stoker' Thompson insists he can still win, though his sexy 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.