The Set-Up

1949 · 73 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 10,457 VOTES · DIR. Robert Wise

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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!
00:06:04 Come on! Let's go!
00:09:20 Julie, you always go!
00:11:07 Or we could get a beer joint or maybe that cigar stand I told you about in Union City!
00:14:15 It's still anyone's ballgame.
00:16:16 Everybody's a sucker for something!
00:18:02 - Like a brick battleship! - Mouse!
00:21:14 All the fight news and pictures! Get your Knockout!
00:23:14 - Oh, Mickey! Get Tony ready! - Yeah, yeah!
00:25:17 Nine, ten, out.
00:27:20 That's right!
00:29:27 You look like a man with sporting blood flowing in your veins!
00:34:17 - Watch out! - What did I tell you?
00:36:15 I've seen that party! Everything's under control!
00:38:15 Go to a neutral corner in all knockdowns and keep them above the belt!
00:42:50 Don't forget, if you try to slug with him, he'll kill you!
00:46:57 Yeah, the next heat!
00:50:59 Get up! Make him get up!
00:54:30 How many more beatings do you have to take?
00:57:18 Let me give you a hand, Stoke!
01:00:18 I don't mean about Nelson! Three, four wins and nobody will remember what happened!
01:10:08 - Look at his face! - Somebody call the cops!
19:08:03 in white trunks!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed618
Dialogue density8.5 lines / min
First line00:01:20
Final line19:08:03

Production Record

DirectorRobert Wise
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes10,457