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The Set-Up (1995)

The Set-Up poster
Original title
The Set Up
Directed by
Strathford Hamilton
Genre
heist film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
R
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man gets caught up in a bank heist that goes wrong. He has to outsmart double-crossing partners and the police to survive.

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What happens

The Set-Up is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by Strathford Hamilton and starring Billy Zane. It was based on the 1977 novel My Laugh Comes Last by James Hadley Chase. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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