The Set-Up
Mar 29, 1949 | IMDB 7.3
73 min Watch NowDrama, Crime
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Drama, Crime
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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