Mar 29, 1949
73 min
Full-HD

The Set-Up (1949)

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

Category

Drama Crime

Country

United States of America

Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Robert Ryan

Stoker

Audrey Totter

Julie

George Tobias

Tiny

Alan Baxter

Little Boy

Wallace Ford

Gus

Percy Helton

Red

Hal Baylor

Tiger Nelson

Darryl Hickman

Shanley

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