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The Set-Up

I want a man … not a human punching bag!

7.4182 votes19491h 13mReleased

Drama
Crime

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

Director: Robert Wise
Released: 29 March 1949
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
IMDb: View listing

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Robert Ryan
Stoker
Audrey Totter
Julie
George Tobias
Tiny
Alan Baxter
Little Boy
Wallace Ford
Gus
Percy Helton
Red

Hal Baylor

Tiger Nelson

Darryl Hickman

Shanley

Kevin O'Morrison

Moore

James Edwards

Luther Hawkins

David Clarke

Gunboat Johnson

Phillip Pine

Souza

Edwin Max

Danny

Herbert Anderson

Husband (uncredited)

Larry Anzalone

Mexican Fighter (uncredited)

Arthur Berkeley

Cafe Patron (uncredited)

Burman Bodel

Man (uncredited)

John Butler

Blind Man's Buddy (uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Handler (uncredited)

Bud Cokes

Fight Spectator (uncredited)

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