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The Set-Up is a 1949 American film noir boxing drama directed by Robert Wise and starring Robert Ryan [1] and Audrey Totter. [2] [3] 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
The Set-Up (1949), with a script based on a long narrative poem, is one of the great boxing films in an era in which there were many, such as the noir Body and Soul (1947) and the marginally noir Champion (1949). Told in real time, the 72-minute film is also set entirely at night, and rarely has a film captured a sense of fatalism and doom as ...
- Robert Wise, Edward Killy
- Robert Ryan
Oscar-nominee Robert Ryan ("Crossfire") stars in this unique narrative covering only 72 minutes in the life of an over-the-hill boxer.
Overview. Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter. Robert Wise. Director, Screenplay. Art Cohn. Screenplay. Joseph Moncure March.
An aging boxer attempts to prove that he still has what it takes and defies the gangsters who’ve ordered him to throw his last fight. 94 IMDb 7.8 1 h 12 min 1949. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Sports · Atmospheric · Biting. Available to rent or buy.