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The Set-Up

I want a man … not a human punching bag!

  • Movie
  • 1949
  • NR
  • 1h 13m

Directed by Robert Wise

7.4

TMDB audience rating
7.4 out of 10 from 187 votes

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Overview

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

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Cast and crew

  • Robert Ryan

    Robert RyanStoker

  • Audrey Totter

    Audrey TotterJulie

  • George Tobias

    George TobiasTiny

  • Alan Baxter

    Alan BaxterLittle Boy

  • Wallace Ford

    Wallace FordGus

  • Percy Helton

    Percy HeltonRed

  • Hal Baylor

    Hal BaylorTiger Nelson

  • Darryl Hickman

    Darryl HickmanShanley

  • Kevin O'Morrison

    Kevin O'MorrisonMoore

  • James Edwards

    James EdwardsLuther Hawkins

  • David Clarke

    David ClarkeGunboat Johnson

  • Phillip Pine

    Phillip PineSouza

  • Edwin Max

    Edwin MaxDanny

  • Herbert Anderson

    Herbert AndersonHusband (uncredited)

  • Larry AnzaloneMexican Fighter (uncredited)

  • Arthur BerkeleyCafe Patron (uncredited)

  • Burman BodelMan (uncredited)

  • John ButlerBlind Man's Buddy (uncredited)

Director
Robert Wise
Writer
Joseph Moncure March, Robert Wise and Art Cohn
Cinematography
Milton Krasner