The Set-Up Facts, Trivia, Actors, Actresses, and Composers

For 2011 Set Up see here The Set-Up is an American film noir boxing drama directed by Robert Wise and featuring Robert Ryan and Audrey Totter. The screenplay was adapted by Art Cohn from a 1928 poem written by Joseph Moncure March. The film is about the boxing underworld. Stoker Thompson is a 35-year-old has-been boxer. Tiny , Stoker's manager, is sure he will continue to lose fights, so he takes money for a "dive" from a mobster, but is so sure that Thompson will lose that he doesn't tell the boxer about the set-up. At the beginning of the fourth and last round of the vicious boxing match...
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Release date:	March 29, 1949
Directed by:	Robert Wise
Runtime:	72 Minutes
Producer:	Richard Goldstone, Dore Schary
Cinematography:	Milton R. Krasner
Screenplay by:	Art Cohn
Adapted from:	The Set-Up

Cast of The Set-Up

Robert Ryan

Born:Nov. 11, 1909

Died:July 11, 1973

Wallace Ford

Born:Feb. 12, 1898

Died:June 11, 1966

George Tobias

Born:July 14, 1901

Died:Feb. 27, 1980

Audrey Totter

Born:December 20, 1918

Age:93

Darryl Hickman

Born:July 28, 1931

Age:80

Alan Baxter

Born:Nov. 19, 1908

Died:May 7, 1976

Honors and Awards

Year	Award Nomination
1949	BAFTA Award for Best Film, Robert Wise

Film director of The Set-Up

Robert Wise

Born: September 10, 1914

Died: September 14, 2005

Robert Earl Wise was an American sound effects editor, film editor, film producer and director. He won Academy Awards as Best Director for The Sound of Music and West Side Story as well as nominations for Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane and Best Picture for The Sand Pebbles . Among his other...
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q:
Who directed the movie "The Set-Up"?
A:
Robert Wise was the film's director.
Q:
How long is the runtime of the motion picture "The Set-Up"?
A:
The approxomite runtime is 72 minutes.
Q:
Who played a role in the production of the movie, "The Set-Up"?
A:
Richard Goldstone and Dore Schary were the film's producers.
Q:
Which screenwriter wrote the film The Set-Up?
A:
Joseph Moncure March and Art Cohn wrote the script for the movie.
Q:
When was the film "The Set-Up" first released?
A:
The film was released in March, 1949.
Q:
Who were the stars of the film "The Set-Up"?
A:
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias and Wallace Ford starred in the film.
Q:
The movie, "The Set-Up" is of which genre?
A:
It is categorized as: Film noir and Black-and-white.