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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1949-03-29
Languageen
Runtime1h 13m
Production

RKO Radio Pictures

7.4(184)
•1949•1h 13m

The Set-Up

"I want a man … not a human punching bag!"

DramaCrime

Overview

Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.

Director
Robert Wise
Writing & Screenplay
Art CohnJoseph Moncure March
Cinematography
Milton Krasner

Principal Cast

68 credited
Robert Ryan
Robert RyanStoker
Audrey Totter
Audrey TotterJulie
George Tobias
George TobiasTiny
Alan Baxter
Alan BaxterLittle Boy
Wallace Ford
Wallace FordGus
Percy Helton
Percy HeltonRed
Hal Baylor
Hal BaylorTiger Nelson
Darryl Hickman
Darryl HickmanShanley
Kevin O'Morrison
Kevin O'MorrisonMoore
James Edwards
James EdwardsLuther Hawkins

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