The Set-Up

Bill "Stoker" Thompson, a 35-year-old has-been boxer, is about to take on a 23-year old, gangster-backed opponent called Tiger Nelson, at the Paradise City Arena. His wife, Julie, fears that this fight may be his last and wants him to forfeit the match. Tiny, Stoker's manager, is sure he will continue to lose fights, so he takes money for a "dive" from a mobster. He is so certain of Stoker's failure that he does not inform the boxer of the set-up.

MPAA Rating:	NR
Genre:	Crime, Film Noir, Sports, Action
Country:	United States
Produced By:	Dore Schary, Richard Goldstone
Directed By:	Robert Wise
Written By:	Joseph Moncure March, Art Cohn
Cast:	Gene Delmont, Tony Roux, Wallace Ford, Robert Ryan, Mike Lally, Jack Stoney, George Tobias, Constance Worth, Emmett Smith, Walter Merrill, Richard LaMarr, Jack Chase, Jack Perry, David Fresco, Bernard Gorcey, Hal Baylor, Vincent Graeff, Bud Cokes, John Butler, Herbert Anderson, Ruth Brennan, Frank Richards, Tommy Noonan, Phillip Pine, Percy Helton, Arthur Sullivan, Brian O'Hara, Dick Johnstone, Ray Spiker, Michael Jeffers, Alan Baxter, Al Rhein, Sammy Shack, Heinie Conklin, Ben Moselle, Lillian Castle, Billy Snyder, Archie Leonard, Frank Mills, Abe Dinovitch, Burman Bodel, Charles Wagenheim, David Clarke, Audrey Totter, Herman Boden, Brick Sullivan, Donald Kerr, Lynn Millan, Helen Brown, Carl Sklover, Dan Foster, Charles Sullivan, James Edwards, Bobby Henshaw, Paul Dubov, Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig, Edwin Max, Joseph La Cava, Darryl Hickman, Andy Carillo, Larry Anzalone, William J. O'Brien, John Indrisano, Harry Tenbrook, Noble 'Kid' Chissell, Jess Kirkpatrick, Jack Raymond, Mathew McCue, Kenny O'Morrison, Ralph Volkie, William E. Green
In Theaters:	Apr 02, 1949
Runtime:	1 hour 13 minutes
Production:	RKO Radio Pictures
Available On:	Vudu
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