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The Set-Up is a 1949 American film noir boxing drama directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. The screenplay was adapted by Art Cohn from a 1928 narrative poem of the same name by Joseph Moncure March.
The Set-Up: Directed by Robert Wise. With Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter. Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
- (10K)
- Crime, Film-Noir, Sport
- Robert Wise
- 1949-04-02
Jan 27, 2020 · "The Set-Up" (1949) tells the a story of a fixed fight and of an aging fighter who refuses to take his fall. Robert Ryan gives an early career-defining performance as Stoker Thompson, 35, a heavyweight on his way out but not on his way down.
- 72 min
- 6.2K
- Sociocultural Project
Watch Robert Ryan as an aging boxer who fights a fixed match and faces deadly consequences in this classic drama. See reviews, cast, trailer and buy or rent The Set-Up on digital platforms.
- Robert Wise
- Robert Ryan
The Set-Up is a 1949 film directed by Robert Wise and written by Art Cohn and Joseph Moncure March. It tells the story of a boxing manager who betrays his fighter for a gangster's bribe.
A boxer on the wane, Bill "Stoker" Thompson (Robert Ryan) is determined to stay in the game, in spite of his wife, Julie (Audrey Totter), who wants him to leave the dangerous sport.
- (13)
- Drama
An aging boxer defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight.
