The Set-Up. Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter star in this gritty 1949 boxing drama. Ryan is at his best as an aging fighter at the end of his career, and Totter plays his steadfast wife. Famed director Robert Wise presents a real-time look at the stale-air boxing venue, the bloodthirsty fans, the ring savagery, and the delusional dreams of the boxing world. 72 minutes.
It is hard to believe that Robert Wise who directed The Set-Up would go on to make movies like West Side Story and The Sound of Music.
Eddie Muller of Turner Classic Movies Film Noir Alley has a very good intro to this film in which he claims that it is the best boxing movie ever made.
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| Audrey Totter and Robert Ryan |
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