The Set-Up
1949 · 73 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 10,457 VOTES · DIR. Robert Wise
Overview
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Dialogue Timeline — 618 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:20 Daily paper! Get your evening paper with the complete fight card! Evening paper!
00:03:10 You ought to know! You're his manager!
00:05:50 It's all there, 50!
00:09:12 - Row four, section C! - I told you, Bill, I got a headache!
00:10:56 Don't you see what we could do with 500 bucks?
00:13:55 Oh, another in the gut!
00:16:02 - You sure this is tight enough? - I wound bandages before you was born!
00:17:46 Give me a hand, will you? I'm in a hurry!
00:19:44 Manila never had no chance, no! He got dumped 21 times!
00:22:46 Twenty-one times, and he winds up champion of the world! Right, Stoke?
00:24:51 Want a cigarette?
00:26:26 Over here!
00:28:51 Meet Madame Lorenza! She tells your past, your present!
00:31:49 - Okay, boy! Now, let's go! - Good!
00:35:27 - 2!5- to-1 on Nelson! - Will you pass that?
00:37:15 Ladies and gentlemen!
00:41:12 Nelson's working on his belly! Stoker don't like it there!
00:44:30 Nelson's pounding his kidneys!
00:48:01 Come on, Nelson!
00:52:18 Hurry up and tell him, Tiny!
00:55:34 Stop him, Nelson!
00:58:20 On the table!
01:01:57 - What kind? - Vegetable!
01:10:33 I was taking that kid!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed618
Dialogue density8.5 lines / min
First line00:01:20
Final line01:10:33
Production Record
DirectorRobert Wise
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes10,457