The Set-Up (1949)
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Top billed cast
Robert RyanStoker
Audrey TotterJulie
George TobiasTiny
Alan BaxterLittle Boy
Wallace FordGus
Percy HeltonRed
Hal BaylorTiger Nelson
Darryl HickmanShanley
Kevin O'MorrisonMoore
James EdwardsLuther Hawkins
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