Monday 16 October 2017

The Set-Up (1949 Robert Wise)

Taut, tight, music-free noir drama tales place in real time as down on luck boxer Robert Ryan ignores being told to take a dive, with nasty consequences. Audrey Totter is his concerned girl. With George Tobias (his manager), Alan Baxter ('Little Boy'), Wallace Ford, Percy Helton (much on TV - a familiar face). Good fight scene, well-directed film is nice and short.



Shot by Milton Krasner. Based on a narrative poem from Joseph Moncure March written in 1928 (he also wrote 'The Wild Party' which became another film) - the adaptation is by Art Cohn. RKO.

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