The Set-Up
Trailer: The Set-Up
Year: 1949
Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace Ford, Percy Helton
Crew: Robert Wise (Director), Robert Wise (Screenplay), Milton Krasner (Director of Photography), Art Cohn (Screenplay), Joseph Moncure March (Writer), Richard Goldstone (Producer)
Runtime: 73 minutes
Release: Mar 29, 1949
IMDb: 7.35/10 by 179 users
Popularity: 1
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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