
The Set-Up(1949)
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.


“HE WAS A CHAMP TO HIS KID BROTHER!,,,but, oh, what a sucker for a straight left to the HEART!”
An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster.

Richard Denning
Bill Crane

Jeanne Cagney
Mary Parker

J. Carrol Naish
Joe Taggerty

Robert Paige
Wally Matson

William Frawley
Emory Balzar

Edward Brophy
Potsy Brill

Robert Ryan
Pete Wells

Leona Roberts
Mrs. Parker

George Ernest
Joey Parker

David Durand
Gumdrop Wilbur
Golden Gloves is a crime, drama film released in 1940 exploring themes of sports, gangster, boxing. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, it stars Richard Denning, Jeanne Cagney, J. Carrol Naish. An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster.
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