What is The Set-Up / The Naked Spur about?

THE SET-UP, 1949, Warner Bros. 72 min. Dir. Robert Wise. Robert Ryan stars as Stoker Thomson, a two-bit fighter making his grim last stand in the aptly named Paradise City boxing ring. THE NAKED SPUR, 1953, Warner Bros., 91 min. Dir. Anthony Mann. Desperate bounty hunter James Stewart pairs up with "morally unstable" cavalry officer Ralph Meeker (KISS ME DEADLY) as they track down killer Robert Ryan and his hot-tempered girlfriend Janet Leigh. A raw, strange, double-dealing piece of business, the film was recently entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Evening presented by author and film historian Alan K. Rode.

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What is The Set-Up / The Naked Spur about?: THE SET-UP, 1949, Warner Bros. 72 min. Dir. Robert Wise. Robert Ryan stars as Stoker Thomson, a two-bit fighter making his grim last stand in the aptly named Paradise City boxing ring.
THE NAKED SPUR, 1953, Warner Bros., 91 min. Dir. Anthony Mann. Desperate bounty hunter James Stewart pairs up with "morally unstable" cavalry officer Ralph Meeker (KISS ME DEADLY) as they track down killer Robert Ryan and his hot-tempered girlfriend Janet Leigh. A raw, strange, double-dealing piece of business, the film was recently entered into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Evening presented by author and film historian Alan K. Rode.