The Set-Up

I want a man … not a human punching bag!

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

Robert Ryan

Audrey Totter

George Tobias

Alan Baxter

Wallace Ford

Percy Helton

Hal Baylor

Darryl Hickman

Kevin O'Morrison

James Edwards

(Luther Hawkins)

David Clarke

(Gunboat Johnson)

Phillip Pine

Edwin Max

Herbert Anderson

(Husband (uncredited))

Larry Anzalone

(Mexican Fighter (uncredited))

Arthur Berkeley

(Cafe Patron (uncredited))

Burman Bodel

(Man (uncredited))

John Butler

(Blind Man's Buddy (uncredited))

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

(Handler (uncredited))

Bud Cokes

(Fight Spectator (uncredited))

Heinie Conklin

(Fight Spectator (uncredited))

Gene Delmont

(Handler (uncredited))

Abe Dinovitch

(Ring Caller (uncredited))

Paul Dubov

(Gambler (uncredited))

Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig

(Timekeeper (uncredited))

Dan Foster

(Bettor with Bunny (uncredited))

David Fresco

(Mickey (uncredited))

Joseph Glick

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Bernard Gorcey

(Tobacco Man (uncredited))

Vincent Graeff

(Newsboy (uncredited))

William E. Green

(Doctor (uncredited))

Bobby Henshaw

(Announcer (uncredited))

John Indrisano

(Corner Man (uncredited))

Michael Jeffers

(Sidewalk Spectator (uncredited))

Dick Johnstone

(Fight Spectator (uncredited))

Donald Kerr

(Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited))

Jess Kirkpatrick

(Gambler (uncredited))

Joseph La Cava

(Fight Spectator (uncredited))

Mike Lally

(Hawkins' Handler (uncredited))

Richard LaMarr

(Vendor (uncredited))

Archie Leonard

(Blind Man (uncredited))

Dwight Martin

(Glutton (uncredited))

William McCarter

(Handler (uncredited))

Mathew McCue

(Fight Spectator (uncredited))

Lynn Millan

(Bunny (uncredited))

Frank Mills

(Photographer (uncredited))

Ben Moselle

(Referee (uncredited))

Tommy Noonan

(Masher on Street (uncredited))

Anton Northpole

(Minor Role (uncredited))

William J. O'Brien

(Pitchman (uncredited))

Brian O'Hara

(Man with Cigar (uncredited))

Jack Perry

(Fight Spectator (uncredited))

Jack Raymond

(Husband (uncredited))

Frank Richards

(Bat - Program Vendor (uncredited))

Walter Ridge

(Manager (uncredited))

Tony Roux

(Fight Spectator (uncredited))

Sammy Shack

(Sam (uncredited))

Carl Sklover

(Man (uncredited))

Emmett Smith

(Ring Second (uncredited))

Billy Snyder

(Fun Palace Barker (uncredited))

Ray Spiker

(Security Guard (uncredited))

Harold J. Stone

(Ringside observer (uncredited))

Jack Stoney

(Nelson's Second (uncredited))

Brick Sullivan

(Fight Spectator (uncredited))

Harry Tenbrook

(Fight Spectator Behind the Glutton (uncredited))

Charles Wagenheim

(Hamburger Man (uncredited))

Constance Worth

(Wife (uncredited))

Phil Bloom

(Minor Role (uncredited))