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The Set-Up is a 1995 American crime thriller film directed by Strathford Hamilton and starring Billy Zane. It was based on the 1977 novel My Laugh Comes Last by James Hadley Chase.
Jul 23, 1995 · The Set Up: Directed by Strathford Hamilton. With Billy Zane, Mia Sara, James Russo, James Coburn. Charlie Thorpe, a security systems expert, gets caught during a robbery. When he is released from jail he is hired by a bank owner to design a fool proof system during the refurbishing of a bank.
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- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Strathford Hamilton
- 1995-07-23
Pauly. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Charlie Thorpe (Billy Zane) is a brilliant security expert and convicted burglar. After being released from prison, Charlie resolves to turn his...
- Emanuel Levy
- Billy Zane
- Strathford Hamilton
- Mystery & Thriller
An ex-con tries to start a new life on the straight and narrow - until a former prison buddy shows up with a cunning plan designed to force his old friend back into the criminal underworld. Thriller, starring Billy Zane, James Coburn, James Russo and Mia Sara
An over-the-hill heavyweight boxer refuses to give up, although his wife begs him to stop, he's too old to be in the ring . . . and his manager sells him out in The Set-Up. From the moment that Stoker Thompson (Robert Ryan) steps into the ring, with the crowd roaring its blood lust to see him bloodied and beaten, Thompson knows this fight is ...
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Charlie Thorpe, a security systems expert, gets caught during a robbery. When he is released from jail he is hired by a bank owner to design a fool proof system during the refurbishing of a bank. But shortly after it's finished he is blackmailed into cracking the security.