The Set-Up (1949)
- Directed by
- Robert Wise
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, boxing film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 181 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An aging boxer ignores warnings from his manager and wife to not go through with his latest fight. He goes into the ring unaware that the fix is in and his opponents have been paid to take a dive.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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