The Set-Up Movies 123Movies 720p Without Download Online Streaming
User Rating: 7.4 out of 10 ★ From 53 Users
Narrative The Set-Up (1949):
Stoker Thompson is a 35-year-old has-been boxer. His once-promising fighting career has come crashing to the end. 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 last round of the vicious boxing match he learns of the fix.Casts of The Set-Up:
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Hal Baylor, Darryl Hickman, Kevin O'Morrison, James EdwardsI want a man … not a human punching bag!
Movie Details
- Released: 1949-03-29
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Date: 1949-03-29
- Runtime: 73 Minutes
- Company: RKO Radio Pictures
- Language: English
- Budget: $6,857,000
- Revenue: $398,365,000
- Plot Keyword : Crime, Drama
- Homepage:
- Trailer: Video Trailer
- Director: Robert Wise, Robert Wise, Albert S. D'Agostino, Joel Freeman, Darrell Silvera, Clem Portman, Milton Krasner, Jack Okey, Roland Gross, Dore Schary
Get More About The Set-Up
Don't you see Bill? You are always just one punch away.The Set-Up is directed by Robert Wise and stars Robert Ryan & Audrey Totter. The screenplay was adapted by Art Cohn from a 1928 poem written by Joseph Moncure March. The story (played out in real time) sees Ryan as Stoker Thompson, a 35 year old nearly washed up boxer still trundling around the circuit believing he's still got what it takes to become a champ. In spite of pleas from his fretful wife, Julie (Totter), Stoker gets in the ring with Tiger Nelson (Hal Baylor), a man 12 years younger. Unbeknownst to Stoker, though, his manager Tiny (George Tobias) has struck a deal with underworld gangster Little Boy (Alan Baxter on prime sweaty and icy form) for him to take a dive and let Nelson win.
What first struck me the most watching this was just how vile everyone apart from the boxers are. The fighters are actually the only ones with honesty and integrity running through their veins. These guys are the ones with the self respect being a chief issue for them, they are fighting not just for glory, but for a basic human trait. The first half of the film puts us in the boxers changing room as the fighters wait to go out into the ring. Here we see the number of noble pugilists stripped back to reveal either their fears or their blind beliefs - while they in turn wait to see who comes back victorious or defeated. As they chat amongst themselves the atmosphere is palpable and Wise excellently uses cutaways to the excitable and blood thirsty crowd. The impact is to that of a gladiatorial arena and shows the sport to be seedy yet utterly beguiling at the same time.
Then it's on to Stoker's fight where Ryan is terrific (he actually boxed for College for 4 years). Thompson is a character so stand up, yet driven by foolish pride, it puts Stallone's Rocky Balboa firmly in the shade, his whole "just one punch away" mantra is truly wonderful and heartfelt and leads to one of those endings that are frustratingly brilliant in its bittersweet closure. The whole fight with Nelson has a beautiful fluidity about it (former pro boxer John Indrisano choreographed it), with Milton R. Krasner's photography keeping it grim and humanistic - both in the ring and out on the darkly lit L.A. streets as Totter's conflicted wife ponders a potential battering for her stoic husband.
Boosted up by a towering performance from Ryan, and dripping with a film noir sense of desolation, The Set-Up is a simple but powerful boxing gem. A film that gets down to the nitty-gritty of the fighters and the seedy people that surround them. 9/10
The 3D IMAX effects can present the huge and immersive size of the spectacular animal city Maybe it’s not the best 3D Bluray movies ever but it will be the best 3D animated movies among all the movies released since 2016 Most importantly it’s a familyoriented movie and perfect candidate to add in your Bluray 3D movies list
ReplyDeleteGet great deals on 3d Blu Ray Movies Lot Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at Fast Free shipping on many items
ReplyDeleteGet great deals on Documentary 3D Bluray Discs Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at Fast Free shipping on many items
ReplyDeleteMake Offer Lot of 14 3D BluRay Movies Missing All DVDs And Digital Copies STAR TREK 3D Lot Into Darkness Beyond 3D BluRays USED 1 LENTICULAR COVER 2500 13h 5m
ReplyDeleteFind 3D Bluray movies at We have thousands of titles from the latest Hollywood blockbusters to classic movies on Bluray
ReplyDeleteShop for 3d bluray movies at Best Buy Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup
ReplyDeleteMake Offer Lot of 5 BluRay 3D Films Khumba Doctor Who 300 Rise of the Empire Amazing Ocean Lot of 10 BluRay 3D Movies Martian Life of Pi I Robot C 31237
ReplyDelete188 product ratings Up Bluray3D 2009 3Disc Set Included Rare Slipcover Pixar Disney
ReplyDeleteMake Offer The Adventures of TinTin Limited 3D Edition 3D BluRay BluRay WSlipcover The Ultimate Wave Tahiti Bluray Disc 2011 3D Free Shipping C 1357
ReplyDeleteHere is my personal top ten list for vintage pre1990 3D on bluray Ive tried to balance the position based on the quality of principal photography the digital restoration and overall content Im going to try very hard not to be biased in favoring our 3D Film Archive restorations
ReplyDelete