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  1. 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.

  2. 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
  3. Set-Up, The (1949) -- (Movie Clip) Everybody Makes Book On Something Philosophical low-rent boxers, Stoker (Robert Ryan), pre-fight in the locker room, with delusional Gunboat (David Clarke), Gus (Wallace Ford), Tony (Philip Pine) and Mickey (David Fresco), in Robert Wise's The Set-Up, 1949.

    • Robert Wise, Edward Killy
    • Robert Ryan
  4. Oscar-nominee Robert Ryan ("Crossfire") stars in this unique narrative covering only 72 minutes in the life of an over-the-hill boxer.

  5. The Set-Up is directed by Robert Wise and stars Robert Ryan & Audrey Totter. The screenplay was adapted by Art Cohn from a 1928 poem written by Joseph Moncure March. The story (played out in real time) sees Ryan as Stoker Thompson, a 35 year old nearly washed up boxer still trundling around the circuit believing he's still got what it takes to ...

  6. Sep 12, 2019 · The Set-Up (1949) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #TheSetUp Boxing Wednesdays. Wrestling on Fridays. Stoker Thompson is on Paradise City's Wednesday card, fighting after the main event. He's...

    • 3 min
    • 13.5K
    • Warner Bros. Classics
  7. Sep 14, 2023 · 229 views 6 months ago. Starring Audrey Totter and Robert Ryan. Directed by Robert Wise from an adapted screenplay by art Cohn. Find the full film here -...

    • 5 min
    • 357
    • Classic Films