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Episode 57: The Set-Up
For this week’s episode, we watch a very early Robert Wise film, The Set-Up!
We highly recommend you watch the film before listening to the episode, because the episode is full of spoilers. The film is available on streaming on iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, and YouTube.
If you want to read the poem that this movie was based on, you can enjoy “The Set-Up” by Joseph Moncure March right here.
Please also join us again on May 7th, when we take a brief detour into comedy with To Be or Not to Be!
The Set-Up (1949)
Rating: 7.8/10 (10,278 votes)
Director: Robert Wise
Writer: Art Cohn, Joseph Moncure March
Stars: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Runtime: 73 min
Rated: Approved
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Sport
Released: 02 Apr 1949
Director: Robert Wise
Writer: Art Cohn, Joseph Moncure March
Stars: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Runtime: 73 min
Rated: Approved
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Sport
Released: 02 Apr 1949
Plot: Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
The post Episode 57: The Set-Up appeared first on A Reel Education: Noir.
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For this week’s episode, we watch a very early Robert Wise film, The Set-Up!
We highly recommend you watch the film before listening to the episode, because the episode is full of spoilers. The film is available on streaming on iTunes, Vudu, Google Play, and YouTube.
If you want to read the poem that this movie was based on, you can enjoy “The Set-Up” by Joseph Moncure March right here.
Please also join us again on May 7th, when we take a brief detour into comedy with To Be or Not to Be!
The Set-Up (1949)
Rating: 7.8/10 (10,278 votes)
Director: Robert Wise
Writer: Art Cohn, Joseph Moncure March
Stars: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Runtime: 73 min
Rated: Approved
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Sport
Released: 02 Apr 1949
Director: Robert Wise
Writer: Art Cohn, Joseph Moncure March
Stars: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
Runtime: 73 min
Rated: Approved
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Sport
Released: 02 Apr 1949
Plot: Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
The post Episode 57: The Set-Up appeared first on A Reel Education: Noir.