Directed by:
Robert WiseScreenplay:
Art CohnCinematography:
Milton R. KrasnerCast:
Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton, Darryl Hickman, Kenny O'Morrison, James Edwards, Edwin Max, Constance Worth (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
An over-the-hill fighter prepares for his bout at the end of the night's card. His long-suffering wife pleads for him to quit while his manager takes a payoff from a mobster meant to ensure that he fails. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Robert Ryan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273144_e6909f.jpg)
Robert Ryan
USA
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
The Dirty Dozen (1967)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
![Audrey Totter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576504_5c8fd0.jpg)
Audrey Totter
USA
Best movies:
The Set-Up (1949)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
![George Tobias](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431683_bec1cb.jpg)
George Tobias
USA
Best movies:
Mildred Pierce (1945)
Ninotchka (1939)
The Glenn Miller Story (1954)
![Alan Baxter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505328_129a62.jpg)
Alan Baxter
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
The Set-Up (1949)
![Wallace Ford](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499962_80107a.jpg)
Wallace Ford
UK
Best movies:
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Freaks (1932)
The Rainmaker (1956)
![Percy Helton](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/506/161506946_6bee45.jpg)
Percy Helton
USA
Best movies:
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
The Proud Rebel (1958)
![Darryl Hickman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274460_dccc92.jpg)
Darryl Hickman
USA
Best movies:
Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
If I Were King (1938)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
![Kenny O'Morrison](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/084/161084375_8dc124.jpg)
Kenny O'Morrison
Best movies:
Lonesome Dove (1989) (series)
The Set-Up (1949)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
![James Edwards](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/188/160188520_263522.jpg)
James Edwards
USA
Best movies:
The Killing (1956)
Patton (1970)
The Set-Up (1949)
![Edwin Max](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/620/159620105_fe7963.jpg)
Edwin Max
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Come Back, Little Sheba (1952)
Stairway to Heaven (1946)
![Constance Worth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/004/158004157_828a00.jpg)
Constance Worth
Australia
Best movies:
The Set-Up (1949)
Suspicion (1941)
Cover Girl (1944)
![Hal Baylor](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000196_1bf136.jpg)
Hal Baylor
USA
Best movies:
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Set-Up (1949)
The Young Lions (1958)
Charles Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
![Mike Lally](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/162/159162588_4b5fd8.jpg)
Mike Lally
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Donald Kerr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Big Country (1958)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Frank Mills
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Limelight (1952)
Fury (1936)
![Charles Wagenheim](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/298/159298355_6d74f2.jpg)
Charles Wagenheim
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Harry Tenbrook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/762/159762318_70f863.jpg)
Harry Tenbrook
Norway
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Tommy Noonan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/843/159843091_dd2f1e.jpg)
Tommy Noonan
USA
Best movies:
Adam's Rib (1949)
The Set-Up (1949)
Born to Kill (1947)
David Clarke
USA
Best movies:
Adam's Rib (1949)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)