TCM watch party spotlights The Set Up (1949)
TCM's Noir Alley and linked watch parties are reappraising Robert Wise's 1949 boxing noir The Set-Up, spotlighting Robert Ryan's lead turn and the film's stark real-time finale. Robert Ryan plays aging fighter Bill "Stoker" Thompson, and Milton Krasner's high-contrast black-and-white cinematography frames the climactic ring sequence presented almost entirely in continuous real time. Martin Scorsese recorded audio commentary for the film's Blu-ray and studied The Set-Up while preparing Raging Bull, highlighting the film's influence on later boxing movies. The renewed attention underscores The Set-Up's unflinching moral center and technical daring, explaining why noir fans and filmmakers still study it today.
Alan Ladd somehow made a retreating hairline look good. I'm trying to learn from him. #TheBlueDahlia #NoirAlley #TCMParty
GinnyinSC3I think you mean “receding.” Retreating makes it sounds like it’s moving back from the offensive line in a military action. 😂😉
WomanoftheYear3He was also only 5'6", too. Still sexy as hell.
Lee Hawn 🏳️🌈3So handsome. I love his hair too. #TheBlueDahlia #NoirAlley #TCMParty
ElizabethLiesl3It's the eyebrows, wavy hair and blue eyes 🫠
Jauntworks Studio Noir Illustration-Erik J Kreffel2Alan Ladd makes all us 5’6” guys feel like we could be stars too😅 #TCMParty #NoirAlley
Gregory Maupin2At this point I'm *giving* lessons on the subject. To Richard Deacon. #TheBlueDahlia #NoirAlley #TCMParty
