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Purchase The Set-Up on digital and stream instantly or download offline. An over-the-hill heavyweight boxer refuses to give up, although his wife begs him to stop, he's too old to be in the ring . . . and his manager sells him out in The Set-Up. From the moment that Stoker Thompson (Robert Ryan) steps into the ring, with the crowd roaring its blood lust to see him bloodied and beaten, Thompson ...
3 de nov. de 2020 · The Set-Up (1949) Commentators: Robert Wise (director), Martin Scorsese (fan) 1. The film is based on a poem by Joseph Moncure March who wrote a second long-form narrative poem in the 20s called ...
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 dangerous sport. Unbeknownst to ...
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Oscar-nominee Robert Ryan ("Crossfire") stars in this unique narrative covering only 72 minutes in the life of an over-the-hill boxer. The aging boxer attempts to prove that he still has what it takes and defies the gangsters who've ordered him to throw his last fight. Audrey Trotter ("The Blue Veil") and George Tobias ("Yankee Doodle Dandy") co-star in this powerful tale about integrity ...
Critics reviews. Because aging boxer Bill Thompson always lost his past fights, his corrupt manager, without telling Thompson, takes bribes from a betting gangster, to ensure Thompson’s pre-arranged dive-loss in the next match.
The Set Up. A former drug smuggler and a confident artist gets more than she bargains for when she is hired by a down on his luck businessman to assist with his scheme to marry a wealthy heiress. Things quickly take a turn for the worse as she realizes that there is more to the scheme than meets the eye. 1 h 44 min 2019.
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 become a champ.
