The Set-Up
(1949)
★ 7.4 IMDb · 184 votes
Year: 1949
Runtime: 73 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Роберт Уайз
Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, Джордж Тобиаш, Алан Бакстер, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Hal Baylor, Darryl Hickman, Kevin O'Morrison, James Edwards
Plot
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Over-the-hill boxer Bill 'Stoker' Thompson insists he can still win, though his wife Julie pleads with him to quit. But his manager Tiny is so confident he will lose, he takes money for a "dive" from tough gambler Little Boy...without bothering to tell Stoker. Tension builds as Stoker hopes to "take" Tiger Nelson, unaware of what will happen to him if he does.