The Set-Up[]
1949, directed by Robert Wise
(IMDB Link) IMDB Summary: Because aging boxer Bill Thompson always lost his past fights, his corrupt manager, without telling Thompson, takes bribes from a betting gangster, to ensure Thompson's pre-arranged dive-loss in the next match.
- Robert Ryan - Stoker
- Audrey Totter - Julie
- George Tobias - Tiny
- Alan Baxter - Little Boy
- Wallace Ford - Gus
- Percy Helton - Red
- Hal Baylor - Tiger Nelson (as Hal Fieberling)
- Darryl Hickman - Shanley
- Kenny O'Morrison - Moore
- James Edwards - Luther Hawkins
- David Clarke - Gunboat Johnson
- Phillip Pine - Souza
- Edwin Max - Danny
- Herbert Anderson - Husband (uncredited)
- Larry Anzalone - Mexican Fighter (uncredited)
- Burman Bodel - Man (uncredited)
- Herman Boden - Man (uncredited)
- Ruth Brennan - Woman (uncredited)
- Helen Brown - Wife (uncredited)
- John Butler - Blind Man's Buddy (uncredited)
- Andy Carillo - Man (uncredited)
- Lillian Castle - Woman (uncredited)
- Jack Chase - Hawkins' Second (uncredited)
- Noble "Kid" Chissell - Handler (uncredited)
- Bud Cokes - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Heinie Conklin - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Gene Delmont - Handler (uncredited)
- Abe Dinovitch - Ring Caller (uncredited)
- Paul Dubov - Gambler (uncredited)
- Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig - Timekeeper (uncredited)
- Dan Foster - Bettor with Bunny (uncredited)
- David Fresco - Mickey (uncredited)
- Bernard Gorcey - Tobacco Man (uncredited)
- Vincent Graeff - Newsboy (uncredited)
- William E. Green - Doctor (uncredited)
- Bobby Henshaw - Announcer (uncredited)
- John Indrisano - Corner Man (uncredited)
- Michael Jeffers - Sidewalk Spectator (uncredited)
- Maxine Johnston - Girl (uncredited)
- Dick Johnstone - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Donald Kerr - Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
- Jess Kirkpatrick - Gambler (uncredited)
- Joseph La Cava - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Mike Lally - Hawkins' Handler (uncredited)
- Richard LaMarr - Vendor (uncredited)
- Archie Leonard - Blind Man (uncredited)
- Frances Mack - Woman (uncredited)
- Dwight Martin - Glutton (uncredited)
- William McCarther - Handler (uncredited)
- Mathew McCue - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Walter Merrill - Bit Role (uncredited)
- Lynn Millan - Bunny (uncredited)
- Frank Mills - Photographer (uncredited)
- Ben Moselle - Referee (uncredited)
- Tommy Noonan - Masher on Street (uncredited)
- William J. O'Brien - Pitchman (uncredited)
- Brian O'Hara - Man with Cigar (uncredited)
- Jack Perry - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Jack Raymond - Husband (uncredited)
- Al Rhein - Man (uncredited)
- Frank Richards - Bat, Program Vendor (uncredited)
- Walter Ridge - Manager (uncredited)
- Tony Roux - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Sammy Shack - Sam (uncredited)
- Carl Sklover - Man (uncredited)
- Emmett Smith - Ring Second (uncredited)
- Everett Smith - Tattoo Man (uncredited)
- Billy Snyder - Fun Palace Barker (uncredited)
- Ray Spiker - Security Guard (uncredited)
- Jack Stoney - Nelson's Second (uncredited)
- Arthur Sullivan - Handler (uncredited)
- Brick Sullivan - Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- Charles Sullivan - Man (uncredited)
- Harry Tenbrook - Fight Spectator Behind the Glutton (uncredited)
- Ralph Volkie - Man (uncredited)
- Charles Wagenheim - Hamburger Man (uncredited)
- Gay Waters - Girl (uncredited)
- Constance Worth - Wife (uncredited)