The Set Up (1963 film)

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The Set Up
The Set Up film Australian theatrical release poster (1963).png
Australian theatrical release poster
Directed by Gerard Glaister
Screenplay by Roger Marshall
Based ona story
by Edgar Wallace
Produced byJack Greenwood
Starring Maurice Denham
John Carson
Maria Corvin
Edited byDerek Holding
Music byBernard Ebbinghouse
Production
company
Distributed by Anglo-Amalgamated
Release date
  • 18 March 1963 (1963-03-18)
Running time
57 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Set Up (also known as The Set-up) is a 1963 British second feature film directed by Gerard Glaister and starring Maurice Denham, John Carson and Maria Corvin. [1] Part of the series of Edgar Wallace Mysteries films made at Merton Park Studios, it is based on a Wallace story.

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Plot

Arthur Payne has recently come out of prison. He meets Theo Gaunt, who persuades him to steal Gaunt's wife's jewellery. When Payne does the robbery he finds no jewellery in the house safe, only documents and a gun. Gaunt's wife surprises him, and he flees the house. She is later found dead, and widespread fingerprint evidence points to Payne being the murderer. But Inspector Jackson, the investigating officer, finds everything too neat, and is sympathetic to Payne's denial of murder. He eventually identifies the real culprit.

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Critical reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Another in the Edgar Wallace series, and rather below par, despite the welcome reappearance of Maurice Denham. Particularly weak is a scene in which Payne, eluding the police, is befriended by a girl in whose bungalow he is hiding. However, it all keeps moving to the customary climax in which all is revealed." [2]

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References

  1. "The Set Up". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  2. "The Set Up". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 30 (348): 50. 1 January 1963. ProQuest   1305833364 via ProQuest.