Plot
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Cast
as Stoker
as Julie
as Tiny
as Little Boy
as Gus
as Red
as Tiger Nelson
as Shanley
as Moore
as Luther Hawkins
Gallery
Reviews
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 year old nearly washed up boxer still trundling around the circuit believing he's still got what it t…
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.