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The Set-Up

7.41949 · 1h 13m · EN

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

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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

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Director: Robert Wise
Status: Released
Audience votes: 184

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