THE SET-UP (1949) A boxer on the wane, Bill “Stoker” Thompson (Robert Ryan) is determined to stay in the game, in spite of his wife, Julie (Audrey Totter), who wants him to leave the dangerous sport. Unbeknownst to Stoker, his manager, Tiny (George Tobias), has lost confidence in him and sets the fighter up to lose an upcoming match at the request of a local gangster. Certain that Stoker will meet with defeat, Tiny neglects to tell him about the shady deal, resulting in conflict both in and out

CRY DANGER (1951) Unjustly incarcerated for robbery, ex-convict Rocky Mulloy (Dick Powell) returns from a five-year stretch in prison to find the criminal who set him up. Helped by Delong (Richard Erdman), a disabled Marine, and Nancy (Rhonda Fleming), the wife of his best friend, Rocky tracks down racketeer Louie Castro (William Conrad) who engineered the robbery. Complicating Rocky’s attempt to nail Castro and find a cache of stolen loot is a police detective (Regis Toomey) who suspects Rocky’

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SUNSET BLVD. (1950) An aging silent film queen refuses to accept that her stardom has ended. She hires a young screenwriter to help set up her movie comeback. The screenwriter believes he can manipulate her, but he soon finds out he is wrong. The screenwriters ambivalence about their relationship and her unwillingness to let go leads to a situation of violence, madness, and death. Release date: January 1, 1950 Director: Billy Wilder Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich von Stroheim, N