Films like The Set-Up
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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Body and Soul
Film · 1947 · also dramaCharley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical...
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99 River Street
Film · 1953 · also crimeA former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
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Johnny O'Clock
Film · 1947 · also crime and dramaWhen an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the undergroun...
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Framed
Film · 1947 · also crime and dramaTruck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her...
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Champion
Film · 1949 · also dramaAn unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.
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Kid Galahad
Film · 1962 · also crime and dramaAfter completing military service, Walter Gulick takes a job as a sparring partner at a gym, the owner of which sees potential in Walter as a professional fighter—and tak...
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Pitfall
Film · 1948 · also crime and dramaAn insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an imprisoned embezzler, his model girlfriend, and a violent private investigator.
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Johnny Eager
Film · 1941 · also crime and dramaA charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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711 Ocean Drive
Film · 1950 · also crimeA telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician ta...
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Force of Evil
Film · 1950 · also crime and dramaLawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time op...
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