Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Robert Ryan
as Stoker
Audrey Totter
as Julie
George Tobias
as Tiny
Alan Baxter
as Little Boy
Wallace Ford
as Gus
Percy Helton
as Red
Hal Baylor
as Tiger Nelson
Darryl Hickman
as Shanley
Kevin O'Morrison
as Moore
James Edwards
as Luther Hawkins
John Chard
Don't you see Bill? You are always just one punch away. 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 ye...
griggs79
Solid little noir with a great sense of place—sweaty gyms, grimy streets, and a ticking clock that adds real tension. The boxing scenes pack a punch and the mood’s properly bleak. It’s not top-tier stuff, but at just over an hour, it doesn’t waste your time. Worth a watch....