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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. 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...

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    • Robert Ryan
    • Robert Wise
    • Drama
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  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. Sep 12, 2019 · He's been 20 years in the game and is sure he's just one punch away from big paydays. But there's one thing Stoker doesn't yet know: his manager wants him to take a dive tonight. The Set-Up...

    • 3 min
    • 12.8K
    • Warner Bros. Classics
  6. Nov 3, 2020 · Listen to Scorsese and director Robert Wise discuss the boxing drama The Set-Up, a film Scorsese calls "an allegory for the chaos of life". Learn about the film's origins, influences, editing, and themes in this commentary track.

  7. 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).