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The Set-Up

Name: The Set-Up
Director: Robert Wise
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1949-03-29
Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford

DramaCrime

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

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Cast

Robert RyanAudrey TotterGeorge TobiasAlan BaxterWallace FordPercy HeltonHal BaylorDarryl HickmanKevin O'MorrisonJames EdwardsDavid ClarkePhillip Pine

Director

Robert Wise

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