The Set-Up

Name: The Set-Up
Director: Robert Wise
Genre: Crime, Film-Noir, Sport
Released: 1949

1949

Robert Wise

1949·Approved·

United States

Award tierSilver

Metascore

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

Cast

Robert Ryan·Audrey Totter·George Tobias·Alan Baxter

Producers

Richard Goldstone·Dore Schary

Languages

English

Major Awards

2 wins · 2 nominations

Wins (2)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1949)

Best Cinematography

Milton R. Krasner

Critics' Awards

Cannes Film Festival (1949)

FIPRESCI Prize

Robert Wise

Nominations (2)

Festival Grand Prize

Cannes Film Festival (1949)

Grand Prize of the Festival

Robert Wise

Best Picture

BAFTA Awards (1950)

Best Film from any Source