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The Set-Up(Movie, 1949)

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| 1h 13min | Genres: Crime, Drama
The Set-UpRating: 3.7/5 (with 5555 votes)
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. The Set-Up was the last film Wise made for RKO, and he named it his favorite of the pictures he directed for the studio, as well as one of his top ten of his career. ()
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About The Set-Up

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

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Based on the work of: Joseph Moncure March
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 12 languages: Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/29/1949
Director: Robert Wise
Producer: Richard Goldstone
Screenwriter: Art Cohn
Film Editor: Roland Gross
Director of Photography: Milton Krasner
Production Designer: Jack Okey
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"出卖皮肉的人"
"Nadie puede vencerme"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Other movies with this title: The Set-Up (US, 1926), The Set-Up (US, 1978)

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